Scientists compete vigorously for a slice of the more than $30 billion that the agency doles out annually; they can spend years assembling grant applications that stretch thousands of pages in hopes ...

Newsweek reached out to the NIH on Wednesday afternoon and will update the web version of this newsletter if we receive a ...

Many diets emphasize restriction, whether it’s of calories, carbohydrates, fats or something else. And that’s not a healthy ...

The health and human services secretary is shrinking staff at health agencies and reshaping the mission of his department to ...

The American diet hides a surprising danger lurking in everyday meals. New research reveals how common foods might be quietly ...

On Friday, the HHS fleshed out a preliminary budget released in the spring and gave new details about which of its programs ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget slashes funding for the National Institutes of Health by $18 billion to $27.5 billion as part of a sweeping overhaul to realign federal healthcare ...

WASHINGTON — Kevin Hall, a top nutrition scientist ... Kennedy Jr.’s focus on food policy and the attention it would bring to his research on ultra-processed foods and how people’s diets ...

Conflicting results in nutrition research has led to widespread confusion about optimal diets, Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, said. The NIH will fund replication efforts that aim to strengthen ...

Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) plan to focus on preventing chronic disease, according to a news release. “Nutrition has always been a priority at NIH. By teaming up ... comprehensive ...

13 National food databases, such as that of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), focus primarily ... of Health (NIH) 2020–2030 Strategic Plan for NIH Nutrition Research 64 is titled ...