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.

In our news wrap Wednesday, the National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting head of the CDC, the FDA reversed its decision to consider whether to approve a new mRNA flu shot from Moderna and billionaire Les Wexner told lawmakers he was "duped by a world-class con-man" as he faced questions about his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

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.

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

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds

Due to the nature of the job, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) says firefighters have a higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer. The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer is working to better understand the link between firefighting and cancer and is asking firefighters past and present to join the NFR.

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

The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.