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A new analysis examined thousands of NSF and NIH grant applications, including confidential rejected submissions. The study illuminates how generative AI relates to federally funded research.

The NIH has proposed removing peer review scores from grant applications. This proposal is detailed in an article written by Susan H. Greenberg.

Virginia voters set up a congressional rematch between Elaine Luria and Jennifer Kiggans after a failed Democratic redistricting effort. The Supreme Court invalidated the redrawn maps, preserving a competitive district spanning Maryland’s border to Virginia Beach. Luria, a naval commander, faces Kiggans in a race considered a key target for both parties.

Megyn Kelly stated that Anthony Fauci, a former NIH Director, harmed more people than Epstein did, following Fauci's intense questioning by the Senate.

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Republican-led Senate hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Rand Paul subpoenaed Fauci, who received a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden, to testify about NIH funding and virus research.

Dr. Anthony Fauci faces Senate Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul, who subpoenaed him to discuss pandemic origins. Paul released Fauci's diary entries, alleging discrepancies between private notes and public statements, while Fauci's team and scientists dispute the claims as baseless. The hearing focuses on whether NIH-funded research in China may have contributed to the pandemic's start, though no new evidence supports a lab origin.

The Trump administration has increased prosecutions and public criticism of federal scientists studying viruses, including charges against NIH researcher Vincent Munster for importing specimens without proper documentation. Sen. Rand Paul and others have targeted scientists like Anthony Fauci, alleging misinformation about the pandemic's origins, while conservative groups amplified conspiracy theories, damaging public trust in critical research.

The Trump administration is centralizing and politicizing science grantmaking through a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule requiring political appointees to review NIH grants. The rule aims to ensure projects align with the President’s policy priorities and avoid facilitating initiatives that promote anti-American values, with the potential to terminate grants no longer serving the national interest.

The article discusses the author's 12-year experience on federal scientific review panels, highlighting colleagues' seriousness and expertise while critiquing the process as less objective and mechanical than perceived.

Political appointees at the NIH exert significant control over scientific communication, and research on health communication faces challenges. The article highlights concerns about political interference in scientific discourse.

Five diabetes experts were expelled from the American Diabetes Association annual meeting in New Orleans for distributing an editorial criticizing federal cuts to biomedical research. The incident has sparked backlash in the diabetes research and practice community, with the ADA's communications further worsening the situation.

Five scientists were ejected from the American Diabetes Association conference for distributing an editorial criticizing the Trump administration's attacks on scientific research. The editorial, published in Diabetes Care, was handed out outside a session where an NIH director was scheduled to speak, though the director later canceled and another official spoke instead.

The article covers highlights from the American Diabetes Association's annual conference in New Orleans, including a keynote speech by Rick Woychik, a senior adviser to NIH chief Jay Bhattacharya, and discussions on newer GLP-1 drugs, research funding cuts, and a protest. The piece also mentions STAT+ content and invites readers to engage with the newsletter.

House Appropriators propose ending subsidized loans to fund Pell Grants, while also reducing Work-Study and other program funding. The legislation does not include President Trump's request to cut NIH funding.

Scientists at NIH were charged with attempting to smuggle highly contagious pathogens from Africa into the US. The case involves the illegal transport of dangerous biological materials across international borders.

NIH researchers are charged by the DOJ with attempting to smuggle monkeypox into the United States. Monkeypox, also referred to as Mpox, is a viral illness transmitted through close contact.

NIH researchers are accused of attempting to smuggle monkeypox into the US, according to the DOJ. Monkeypox, also called Mpox, is a viral illness transmitted through close contact.

NIH researchers have been charged by the DOJ with attempting to smuggle monkeypox into the United States. The article notes that monkeypox, also referred to as Mpox, is a viral illness transmitted through close contact.

A senior NIH scientist and a research fellow were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the U.S. from Africa and lying during interviews at a Michigan airport. The criminal complaint was filed in federal court in Detroit against Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, who work at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana.

EU and US regulatory advisers have diverged in their assessment of AstraZeneca's breast cancer drug, signaling potential approval challenges. The disagreement highlights different regulatory approaches between the two regions on this oncology treatment.

A CDC page on mpox has become embroiled in political controversy. The article references a Senate hearing on the NIH and discusses confusion around STI information.