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Congress returns for three-week sprint session - Roll Call

Both the House and Senate come back from recess this week to begin a busy three-week period that’s expected to focus on Republicans’ budget reconciliation agenda, including extending and expanding tax cuts and tightening immigration policy. The top items on the House agenda this week, meanwhile, will include more measures…

Roll Call · Mar 24, 2025

Trump executive order rescinds ban on ‘segregated’ facilities for federal contractors, conflicting with federal law

Despite Trump’s order, companies are still subject to the Civil Rights Act and state anti-discrimination laws

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

Trump administration cuts funding to long-term diabetes study: Report

More than 1,000 people have been fired from the health agency as part of Trump cuts

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

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Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods

A National Institutes of Health study aims to find out whether ultraprocessed foods lead people to eat more

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Fired NIH workers fear bleak job prospects in the private sector because their research is too specific to be retrofitted: 'No VC is going to fund that'

Employees told Fortune finding a job would require them to apply for positions for which they were overqualified or not closely aligned with their years of research.

Fortune · Mar 11, 2025

National Institutes of Health to cancel grants designed to study vaccine hesitancy: report

Reported rollback comes as Trump administration faces scrutiny for its handling of a measles outbreak among the unvaccinated

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025

Medicare and Medicaid Employees Offered New Buyouts: What You Need to Know

Federal HHS workers who inspect food, research diseases and administer Medicare and Medicaid are offered $25,000 buyouts

Kiplinger · Mar 10, 2025

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NIH funding cuts will hit red states, rural areas and underserved communities the hardest

The National Institutes of Health is the largest federal funder of medical research in the U.S. NIH funds drive research and innovation, leading to better understanding and treatment of diseases and improved health outcomes.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025

Government agencies are clueless about branding. The DOGE turmoil shows why they’ve needed marketing campaigns all along

The National Institutes of Health focuses on nucleotides, not narratives—but both must be an essential part of its mission.

Fortune · Mar 7, 2025

Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025

Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

A court battle is set to resume over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

NIH funding cuts are Trump’s latest attack on education, professors say

The Trump administration announced it would cap ‘indirect funding’ from the National Institutes of Health at 15%

The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2025

Elon Musk Mulls £3.9K DOGE Dividends for 78M Taxpayers Using Savings From Reduced Federal Spending

Elon Musk will present Azoria CEO's idea to return 20% of savings generated from DOGE's cost-cutting actions on federal agencies to taxpayers via stimulus checks.

International Business Times UK · Feb 19, 2025

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness

America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed in early 2025 may further a precipitous decline.

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2025

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The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2025

‘A scary time to be a scientist’: how medical research cuts will hurt the maternal mortality crisis

Republican-run states may see worst fallout from slashes to NIH medical funding as maternal mortality climbs in US

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2025

In Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the US has put a conspiracy theorist in charge of public health

Overnight, Robert F. Kennedy Jr was confirmed as the secretary of the US Health and Human Services Department. Put simply, this makes him the most influential figure in overseeing the health and wellbeing of more than 330 million Americans.

The Conversation · Feb 12, 2025

How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable

Biomedical research in the U.S. is world-class in part because of a long-standing partnership between universities and the federal government.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 11, 2025

Texas universities could face funding cuts for health care research under new Trump administration policy

A federal judge blocked a new National Institutes of Health policy from going into effect in 22 states that sued the agency, but Texas wasn’t part of the suit.

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NIH Cuts Indirect Costs, Sparks Controversy In Research Community

NIH plans to reduce indirect costs on research grants, sparking concerns and praise over potential impacts on research activities and savings.

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025

Trump's DEI order leaves academic researchers fearing for political influence over grants

President Donald Trump’s order declaring diversity, equity and inclusion policies illegal has thrown into doubt the future of research Kendra Dahmer has been doing on intestinal parasites in India and Benin

The Guardian - US · Jan 30, 2025

‘This will delay medical breakthroughs’: US scientists demand to bargain over Trump orders

NIH fellows say policy changes including funding freeze would ‘severely limit’ researchers’ ability to do their work

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination signals a new era of anti-intellectualism in American politics

The many controversial people appointed to the Trump administration, from Elon Musk to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have at least one thing in common: They dislike and distrust experts.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Medical research depends on government money – even a day’s delay in the intricate funding process throws science off-kilter

In the early days of the second Trump administration, a directive to pause all public communication from the Department of Health and Human Services created uncertainty and anxiety among biomedical researchers in the U.S. This directive halted key operations of numerous federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health, including…

Salon · Jan 27, 2025

Trump's NIH moves "could be disastrous"

In a letter, three Maryland Democrats said they had "grave concerns" that Trump's move would do lasting damage

The Times of India · Jan 24, 2025

Women face higher Long Covid risk than men; this age group is worst affected, says study

Women are at a significantly greater risk of developing long Covid - a chronic condition that stretches from months to even years post infection - compared to men, as per a new study. As newer aspects of the 5-year-old SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge, it has been discovered that women have…

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