National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya faced critical questions from both Republican and Democratic senators Tuesday as he sought to defend the Trump administration’s sweeping plans to reorganize the agency and slash budgets for medical research.

More than 300 scientists from the NIH signed an open letter on Monday to director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, criticizing the Trump administration over recent moves.

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya claimed the dean of Stanford Medical School asked him to stop speaking with the press

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.

Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.

If the Senate passes the budget reconciliation bill, one in three adults who work or attend school while enrolled in Medicaid expansion coverage will be at risk of losing coverage under work requirements, according to new analysis from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The National Institutes of Health is making $50 million available to study autism, but many researchers in the field are leery of the new initiative, which they say is rushed and skirts typical protocols.