Since Trump took office on January 20, research funding from the National Institutes of Health has plummeted by more than […]
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“This will be a painful period”: RFK Jr. slashes 24% of US health dept.
Health Secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slashing a total of 20,000 jobs across the Department of […]
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
Ars Technica has reached out to the NIH and HHS for comment and will update this story with any new […]
UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos
Many schools are now bracing for steep declines in support. At Duke University, administrators have implemented hiring freezes, scaled back […]
Scientific breakthroughs are hard without money for research infrastructure
America may not maintain its position as a global leader in biomedical research. Biomedical research in the US is world […]
22 states sue to block new NIH funding policy—court puts it on hold
Regardless of what else they might be doing, the indirect costs pay for various critical campus services, including at research […]
National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities
Grants paid by the federal government have two components. One covers the direct costs of performing the research, paying for […]
Science at risk: The funding pause is more damaging than you might think
Research that helps drive our economy is on hold and may face new ideological limits. UPDATE: Numerous sources are reporting […]