An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

Unlocking knowledge about the vast and varied collection of viruses that live in and on our bodies is the goal of a $20 million grant from the Common Fund of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to researchers,

President Trump has imposed temporary freezes at the National Institutes of Health on meetings, travel, communications and hiring, citing the need to review protocols.

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The current director of the National Institutes of Health, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., has announced that she will step down from the position on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. The move comes 14 months after she took the position on Nov. 9, 2023.

The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, announced that she will step down Friday, 14 months after she took the position on Nov. 9, 2023.

All communication from federal health agencies will be paused until Feb. 1 while the new Trump-Vance administration catches up.

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters until Feb. 1, unless they get express approval from "a presidential appointee."

The Trump administration’s freeze on communications from U.S. health agencies is leading to another disruption: the abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings. The move covers a swath of health conditions,

The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

The Trump administration told federal public health agencies like the CDC that they are not to communicate health messages for now. The hold includes memos, reports, online posts, website updates and other forms of communication. Scientific meetings were also canceled for the time being, including of advisory panels.

President Trump's new policy restricts federal health agencies from publishing external communications, raising concerns about public health information.

In a nutshell Americans with a college degree live about 11 years longer than those without a high school diploma as of 2019, and this life expectancy gap has grown wider over the past two decades, increasing from 8.