National Institutes of Health faces leadership vacuum as director positions sit open

More than half of the National Institutes of Health's 27 institutes and centers are missing permanent directors, giving the Trump administration an unusual opportunity to reshape NIH.

National Institutes of Health facing widespread vacancies in director roles

More than a dozen key director positions at the National Institutes of Health are unfilled. All but two of these vacancies opened after President Trump took office last year. NBC News' Aria Bendix

NIH institute told to drop 'biodefense' and 'pandemic preparedness' language from website

As new infectious threats emerge worldwide, a key U.S. health agency is quietly stepping away from language tied to pandemic planning, a change some experts warn could leave Americans less protected when the next crisis hits.
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Key NIH research institute told to remove references to 'pandemic preparedness'

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds
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Reversal Of NIH Funding Cuts Preserves Pipeline Of Potential Biotech Tenants

A reversal of cuts to the National Institutes of Health budget has life sciences operators breathing a sigh of relief.