US judge declares Trump’s cuts to NIH grants ‘illegal’ Federal judge on bench for 40 years lambasts grant terminations as ‘racist’ and anti-LGBTQ. Al Jazeera · Jun 16, 2025
How Trump Is Changing Higher Education: The View from UT-San Antonio Around the country, university students report changes to campus clubs and activities, diminished research opportunities, and fears for international students’ safety. Texas Observer · Jun 16, 2025
‘I don’t want my boy to be positive’: pregnant women face sky-high viral loads as cuts hit HIV care in Africa As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virus The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2025
Who are the eight new vaccine advisers appointed by Robert F Kennedy? US health secretary announced new members for Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, after firing all 17 experts who held the post The Guardian - US · Jun 13, 2025
Federal R&D funding boosts productivity for the whole economy − making big cuts to such government spending unwise Large cuts to government-funded research and development can endanger American innovation – and the vital productivity gains it supports. The Conversation · Jun 12, 2025
Scientists decry NIH cuts A letter signed by hundreds of scientists says there is "a culture of fear and suppression" at NIH Salon · Jun 10, 2025
'We dissent': NIH workers protest Trump policies that 'harm the health of Americans' Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health on Monday openly protested the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency. Fortune · Jun 9, 2025
‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ - Roll Call In a letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on Monday, NIH workers said they felt “compelled to speak up" about research cuts. Roll Call · Jun 9, 2025
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025
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Our trans health study was terminated by the government – the effects of abrupt NIH grant cuts ripple across science and society Given the Trump administration’s systematic attempts to medically and legally disenfranchise trans people, and its abrupt termination of grants focused on LGBTQ+ health, we can’t say that the notice of termination we received regarding our federally funded research on transgender and nonbinary people’s health was unexpected. The Conversation · Jun 2, 2025
RFK Jr. Denigrates Privately Funded Medical Research The Trump administration has cut billions in federal funding for medical research, as Kennedy singles out private funders for criticism. Reason · May 28, 2025
RFK Jr wants to ban government scientists from publishing in top journals and instead create a MAGA-backed publication Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary claims world-renowned medical journals are ‘corrupt’ The Independent UK · May 28, 2025
RFK Jr Issues Ultimatum to Medical Journals: 'Change Dramatically' or Fed Scientists Will Publish Elsewhere HHS Secretary RFK Jr. threatened top medical journals, warning that NIH scientists could be barred from publishing in what he called "corrupt" publications Latin Times · May 28, 2025
We Got This Covered · May 28, 2025 ‘They’re all corrupt!’: RFK Jr. threatens to pull government scientists from top medical journals Losing scientists one day at a time.
The Guardian - US · May 28, 2025 RFK Jr threatens ban on federal scientists publishing in top journals US health secretary calls leading medical journals such as Lancet ‘corrupt’ and pushes to create state-run alternatives
The Guardian - US · May 28, 2025 Woman’s life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’ Natalie Phelps, who has stage 4 colorectal cancer, has raised the alarm over how patients in the agency’s clinical trials are facing setbacks in treatment
The Guardian - US · May 27, 2025 RFK Jr drops Covid-19 boosters for kids and pregnant women from CDC list The move ends the CDC’s booster recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women, bypassing norms
Fortune · May 23, 2025 Trump is killing the goose that laid America’s golden eggs U.S. competitiveness has always depended on its universities' openness to talent and commitment to research.
Salon · May 23, 2025 Decades on SSRIs remain mired in mystery Experts worry MAHA could wage a war on SSRIs. But some researchers have long questioned the drugs’ efficacy
Reason · May 22, 2025 Is Donald Trump To Blame for a COVID Lab Leak? Criticisms of the president's alleged flip-flopping on gain-of-function research funding miss some key context.
The Conversation · May 22, 2025 Lifecycle of a research grant – behind the scenes of the system that funds science Science funding is a hot topic these days and people have questions about how grants work. Who decides whether a researcher will receive funds? What’s the decision-making process? How is the money spent once a grant proposal has been approved?
Saving Advice · May 21, 2025 How To Maximize Your Healthspan For A Better Lifespan (3 of 3) Today, we will look at ways to improve your healthspan and, by extension, your lifespan. Let’s begin with ways to DIY your healthspan. Healthspan...
Salon · May 21, 2025 Dealing with disease “down there” Joe Biden did more for cancer research than any president in recent memory
Roll Call · May 20, 2025 Senate appropriators grill Kennedy on biomedical research - Roll Call Senators spar with Kennedy on cuts to biomedical research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.