The Trump administration’s actions on NIH gain-of-function research have raised concerns among scientists, who argue the move could block experiments that are safe and potentially lead to new ...

Former President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump and Republicans once again over allegations about his mental ...

President Trump’s executive order suspending federal funding for gain-of-function research not only contains questionable assertions, but it also frames the targeted research so broadly that it is ...

US President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), right, during a Make ...

At nearly $506 million, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases accounted for the highest amount of terminated funding. Vaccines are part of the institute’s remit.

Under both policies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its subsidiary the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), continued to release funding for such research.

The National Institutes of Health is in the process of suspending funding for 40 experiments because of fears that the research might be dangerous, according to a draft memo.