The NIH was initially supposed to lose about 1,200 scientists, support staff and other officials as a result of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s restructuring.

Fauci, the longtime head of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was the face of the government’s response to the Covid pandemic during President Donald Trump’s ...

The grants were cancelled after NIH staff were directed to eliminate research on disfavored topics and populations without clear guidance or justification – jeopardizing critical medical discoveries ...