Dr. Francis Collins, who led the National Institutes of Health for more than a decade and continued his career at the agency after he stepped aside as director in 2021, has resigned. Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
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Eggs for sale at 66 cents each from a supermarket in Monterey Park, Calif., on Feb. 10. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bri McNulty pictured when she was in Atlanta for training in the CDC's Public Health Associate Program. She and all other members of the competitive program in her cohort, deployed around the country, were fired by the Trump administration earlier this month. Bri McNulty hide caption
A health worker moved states for her dream job, only to abruptly lose it in CDC cuts
President Donald Trump says rampant drug smuggling and overdose deaths are largely the fault of three countries - Canada, China and Mexico - and he says tough tariffs are the answer. But Canada plays almost no role in the U.S. overdose crisis and drug deaths have been plummeting. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Myra Solano Garcia in Upland, California, 2024. Garcia has been living with Alzheimer's disease and is taking one of the two approved drugs on the market to try to slow its symptoms. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR / @zaydee.s hide caption
A member of a medical team at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, administers a dose of a trial Ebola vaccine to a patient on Feb. 3. The country is currently experiencing an Ebola outbreak. Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images hide caption
LoveYourself, a nonprofit providing free HIV testing and treatment services in the Philippines, has suspended services due to the Trump administrations freeze of foreign aid. The Philippines has lost about $69.7 million in aid programs across the country. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images/Getty Images AsiaPac hide caption
The Trump administration kills nearly all USAID programs
People protested funding cuts to research institutions at the University of Chicago last week. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Young men pose for pictures in front of HIV posters in Ethiopia. Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images/Corbis News hide caption
Health clinic in Ethiopia has been unable to get drugs to HIV positive kids for weeks
Dean Karlan, professor of economics and finance at Northwestern University and former chief economist for USAID, in his office at Northwestern on February 25 — the day he resigned. "I literally just emailed USAID and told them, 'I hereby cancel the contract,'" he told NPR. "And that was it." Beth Rooney for NPR hide caption
Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned this week
Vials of the vaccine known as MMR. It protects against measles, mumps and rubella diseases. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
An 8-month-old baby watches a cartoon on a tablet. A survey by Common Sense Media found that 80% of parents are worried about their children spending too much time on screens. Riccardo Milani/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People hold up signs before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally Nov. 4, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Some Trump voters want him to rein in health care costs. It's unclear if he will
Ken and Susan Bell, September, 2024 in St. Charles, Mo. Michael B. Thomas/NPR/@miketphotog hide caption
One woman's experience with the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi
A cargo container in Manila bears signage for the U.S. government's humanitarian agency USAID. The Trump administration suspended most USAID projects; a judge is now calling for the freeze to be lifted. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff play key roles in preventing and responding to a range of infectious disease threats. Some people fear staff cuts and other changes at the agency under Trump are undercutting this capacity. Smith Collection/Gado/CDC/Getty Images hide caption
Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
Lesions can be seen on this mpox patient in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of an outbreak in Africa. Glody Murhabazi/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
A security guard stands in front of the St. John's Community Health clinic in South Los Angeles. Jackie Fortiér/KFF Health News hide caption
A person breathes inside the Gesundheit II, a machine that allows scientists to study the behavior of pathogens when they're exhaled. Research like this is at risk amid the Trump administration's proposed funding cuts. Rob Stein/NPR hide caption
Medical researchers brace for ripple effects from cuts in NIH funding
People who block the internet from their smartphones spend more time on other activities that improve their wellbeing. Rob Dobi/Getty Images hide caption
A break from your cellphone can reboot your mood. Here's how long you need
A protest at the U.S. Department of Labor on Feb. 5. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress) Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Getty Images hide caption
Mental health issues ripple through the federal workforce with firings
In early February, the signage was removed from the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C. — one of many actions targeting the foreign aid agency since Donald Trump was inaugurated. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption