Orlando Health Surgeon, Dr. Bobby Gibbons, joins WESH 2's Sanika Dange during Hernia Awareness Month to explain possible signs, symptoms and when to seek medical care.

Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years ... Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Jun 16, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ...

Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years ... Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Jun 16, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ...

Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years ... Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Jun 16, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ...

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.

The NIH director was sworn into his role on April 1, after many of those DOGE-led terminations took place. But he said that appeals will move swiftly. “It won’t take 18 months.

NIH is the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research and has long enjoyed bipartisan support from U.S. lawmakers. The Trump administration has proposed cutting $18 billion, or 40% ...

With a new director now leading the NIH, there is a real opportunity to strengthen its foundation, help it respond more effectively to today’s health challenges and restore public trust.

China-led drug tests on hundreds of beagle puppies won't be conducted anymore on the US taxpayers' dime, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) confirmed to The Post on Thursday.

The director also told NIH staff that he’d arrived in the job the day of mass dismissals as part of the HHS’ Reduction in Force, or RIF, April 1, and that he hadn’t had a say in them.