National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya didn't aggressively push back and defend Trump administration budget cuts and grant freezes when senators grilled him last week about plans for his agency.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, repeatedly pledged during the hour and a half hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee that the 40 percent cut would not change the agency’s commitment to research that keeps America at the forefront of scientific and medical innovation.

A budget proposal for the US Department of Health and Human Services details extensive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health, part of an effort to consolidate the work of its 27 institutes into just eight while reducing the agency’s budget nearly 40%.

Two scientists — Scott Delaney and Noam Ross — took it upon themselves to document the extent of NIH grant terminations ... s targeting of funding for Harvard University.

On April 10, the Department of Health and Human Services draft budget document was leaked, revealing plans to cut the NIH budget by 40%. On Cincinnati Edition, we discuss how NIH layoffs ...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner will testify on the department’s budget at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday in front of the House Appropriations Committee, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.