Medical and biomedical researchers across North Carolina are used to pondering some of the most vexing questions in health and biology, but a directive issued last week by Trump left many without answers when it came to the future of their life-saving and life-enhancing research projects.

One of the many executive orders President Donald Trump signed after his inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20, requires all federal health agencies to pause external communications. Agencies affected include the U.

Director Dr. Anthony Fauci has been stripped of his federal security detail despite ongoing death threats over his role in the COVID-19 pandemic. The 84-year-old physician, who stepped down in December 2022 after leading the organization for nearly 40 years,

Scientific researchers around the country are concerned after the National Institutes of Health canceled meetings this week with very little explanation. The move comes after federal health officials were told to halt public communications until they could ...

The prospect of having vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation’s health policy has doctors speaking out to oppose his confirmation as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. The Committee to Protect Health Care says it has more than 15,

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded.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.

The National Institutes of Health funds research, but some scientists fear that funding may be pulled or paused by the Trump administration.

At the federal level, NIH purchasing has been halted, an HHS authors' article won't be published, and the FDA's diversity webpage detailing cancer studies has gone dark. At the state level, the blackout reverberates to North Carolina,

Chrystal Starbird, a cancer researcher at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, had been preparing to serve on her first National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant review panel at the end of January. On Wednesday, to her surprise, that meeting was abruptly canceled.

President Donald Trump said on Friday Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former top health official who has faced threats since leading the country's COVID-19 response, should hire his own security, the latest former U.

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,

BMI OrganBank has secured a $3.5 million federal grant that will help the Winston-Salem company advance its kidney preservation technology and prepare for clinical trials.