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Jay Bhattacharya's Confirmation Hearing Proves the Lockdown Skeptics Won

Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.

Universities that anticipate funding losses from Elon Musk's DOGE cuts are yanking back admissions offers to Gen Z grads

Universities that anticipate funding losses from Elon Musk's DOGE cuts are yanking back admissions offers to Gen Z grads

Universities like the University of Pennsylvania are cutting back on graduate admissions programs in preparation of federal funding decreases.

Amy Klobuchar's Health Misinformation Act Has Aged Poorly

A proposed bill in 2021 would have put the HHS secretary in charge of censoring COVID-19 contrarianism on social media.

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No, HHS Didn't Spend $8 Million 'Making Mice Transgender'

HHS, like all government programs, has plenty of silly and wasteful line items in its budget; there's no need to just make things up.

As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March 2025. To date, 147 people have been reportedly diagnosed with TB in the…

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Philly’s street fentanyl contains an industrial chemical called BTMPS that’s an ingredient in plastic

As much as half of the fentanyl sold on Philly’s streets contains an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacturing. That’s according to our November 2024 testing of fentanyl samples collected in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, regarded as the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast.

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Jobs lost in every state and life-saving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts

Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America

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Where did U.S. public health go wrong?

Where did U.S. public health go wrong?

The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles

Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration?

Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration?

Jay Bhattacharya tells hearing he is intent on protecting research, even as president takes axe to federal funding

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Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research

Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research

A federal judge is preventing the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding

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Trump Applauds 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor After Slashing Funding for Pediatric Cancer Research

Trump Applauds 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor After Slashing Funding for Pediatric Cancer Research

President Donald Trump honored and applauded a young cancer survivor during his recent joint address to Congress despite his numerous attempts to cut funding for healthcare, including pediatric cancer research.

Trump NIH nominee aims to soothe senators over embattled agency - Roll Call

Trump NIH nominee aims to soothe senators over embattled agency - Roll Call

The Stanford health economist selected to lead the NIH has been criticized for his opposition to lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump’s budget cuts threaten AI research, top scientists warn

Trump’s budget cuts threaten AI research, top scientists warn

Academic research into AI is at risk from President Trump's cost-cutting, critics say.

How do I stay healthy in my 70s?

How do I stay healthy in my 70s?

Today’s septuagenarians are different from the ones who came before, becoming grandparents and retiring later

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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

Defaming Businesses Doesn't Protect Consumers

If the Consumer Product Safety Commission doesn't have enough data to enact a rule, it shouldn't be making informal recommendations either.

How Project 2025, which Trump disavowed, is shaping his health policies

During his campaigning Trump denied he had read the right-wing wish list. Has he shifted his strategy?

Experts warn of federal government brain drain that could be ‘devastating’ for the U.S. economy

“It’s really a devastating way to manage a business, and it’s a devastating way to manage the government.”

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Federal budget cuts threaten to decimate America’s AI superiority—and other countries are watching

America’s future economic growth depends on federal research investment in AI and computing.

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Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order

Health department orders NIH to hold Federal Register submissions – critical step in process for funding studies

DOGE shut the funding spigot for medical research overnight. Scientists are calling it 'the end of science' in America

Scientists warn the private medical sector won’t see a boost after DOGE cuts public research funding and emphasizes an ‘imminent’ brain drain of scientists to China.

Court Battle Over NIH Funding Cuts Resumes Friday

Federal judge in Massachusetts to review legal battle over Trump administration's medical research funding cuts, impacting research projects and jobs natio...

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

Critics say Trump’s executive orders to reshape the NIH ‘will kill’ Americans

Executive orders’ impact on premier medical research agency has resulted in delayed projects and frozen funding

Federal Employees Rally Against Funding Cuts And Firings

Federal employees rally against firings and budget cuts impacting public health, stressing the importance of research funding.

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