The change in administration in Washington, D.C., is affecting the distribution of federal funds to institutions in North Carolina, with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) pausing grants.

President Trump issued a directive temporarily halting communications, meetings and purchases related to federal health care research grants.

Data: National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios The Trump Administration's halting of federal grants and financial assistance programs has institutions,

North Carolina receives nearly $2 billion annually from National Institutes for Health grants, which support a multitude of research programs across the state.

Here’s how the pause will affect North Carolina and alternative resources you can use for health information. The communications pause means a delay in crucial information from federal agencies, such as food recalls, drug approvals, and updates on public health threats, CNN reported.

UNC Health and Duke Health are partnering to build a new children's health system that will include North Carolina's first freestanding pediatric hospital, the pair announced Tuesday. | The academic health systems' vision,

Advocates say migration-related stressors can lead to mental health challenges for immigrants adapting to a new culture and language.

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

The prospect of having vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation’s health policy has doctors speaking out to oppose his confirmation as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. The Committee to Protect Health Care says it has more than 15,

Unlocking knowledge about the vast and varied collection of viruses that live in and on our bodies is the goal of a $20 million grant from the Common Fund of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to researchers,

U.S. states have been under siege for the past five days with a flurry of executive orders aimed at dismantling national health. Medicaid payments are frozen, leaving the one in four North Carolina residents who access this program without care.

During Donald Trump's draconian first-week rollbacks, cancer research and other crucial medical projects have been paused indefinitely.