This post gathers records of notices on PubMed and formal reports of the impact of recent shutdowns on PubMed and other NLM services. Shutdowns and their duration are listed here on Wikipedia.
Hilda Bastian
9 October 2025
2025 shutdown: 1 October – ?
Notice on PubMed:
Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted. The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.
Source: Cut and pasted from PubMed on 9 October 2025
Second 2018 shutdown: 22 December 2018 to 25 January 2019
[No record found]
First 2018 shutdown: 18 to 22 January
Notice on PubMed:
Source: Screenshot on Bournemouth University blog post on 21 January 2018
2013 shutdown: 1 October to 17 October
Notice on PubMed:
Due to the lapse in government funding, PubMed is being maintained with minimal staffing. Information will be updated to the extent possible, and the agency will attempt to respond to urgent operational inquiries. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at http://www.usa.gov.
Source: Screenshot on Jonathan Eisen's blog post on 1 October
Post-shutdown information at NLM:
Due to the lapse in government funding we did not export MEDLINE/PubMed update files during the period October 1 thru October 16, 2013. Therefore, we did not post update files to the FTP server for data licensees during the period October 2 thru October 17.
Source: 2013 MEDLINE/PubMed documentation
Post-shutdown information from NCBI:
Reported on delayed release of GenBank due to shutdown.
Source: NCBI News October 2013
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