A new memo by NIH Acting Director Matthew Memoli, obtained by Forbes, clarifies what can and can’t be done with regard to clinical trials, purchasing, research and the like.
Meetings designed to distribute grant money to fund research were canceled as part of a communications freeze at health agencies.
Despite concerns about the future of research at the National Institutes of Health, current clinical trials can continue as scheduled, the agency’s acting director told staff scientists in an email Monday.
Just days after President Trump imposed broad restrictions on communications, meetings, travel and public appearances at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is clarifying the extent of the freeze’s effect.
New rules include a hold on the review panels the National Institutes of Health uses to evaluate and approve research grants.
The first week of President Donald Trump’s second term included several executive orders and actions that will be detrimental to public health.
The Trump administration has promised an overhaul of various government agencies. What will happen to the Health Department?
The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.
The National Institutes of Health funds research, but some scientists fear that funding may be pulled or paused by the Trump administration.
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the