August 23, 2025 – National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the following:

Adele Merritt is leaving NIH after only nine months and taking a job with the University of Maryland’s applied research lab.

US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Friday released a statement outlining a “unified strategy” to align the agency’s priorities and funding, a move he said was meant to offer clarification following massive budget cuts,

Last November, in the days following Donald Trump’s election, leaders at the National Institutes of Health began discussing how to prepare for the coming

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved Friday to derecognize labor union representation for staffers at multiple subagencies and offices, claiming the action is “removing unnecessary obstacles to mission-critical work.

The health agencies have not shied away from the issue or from animal rights groups. Among the first policies that the NIH and the Food and Drug Administration announced this spring was a move away from animal testing for research and drug development. According to public calendar disclosures, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary met with PETA in July.

Tasked with filling in the gaps in communication, Gray Delany, head of the "Make America Healthy Again" agenda at HHS, tapped virologist and former Trump adviser Steven Hatfill, MD, to gin up support for the secretary's actions through media spots.