Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
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She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she’s been put on leave
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration’s funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
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Why some federal workers aren’t scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs
Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.
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A promising new HIV vaccine was set to start trials. Then came Trump’s latest cuts
On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year.
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration’s policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
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A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
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Deaf students had a path to science careers — until their federal grants ended
For years, the U.S. government tried to encourage deaf people to study science. But the programs were just ended by the Trump Administration, leaving deaf students unsure about their future.
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As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers
The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health’s MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
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In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women’s health study
The unexpected elimination of funding for the decades-long research project focused on women’s health shocked scientists. They were heartened by the quick restoration of support.
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NIH autism study will pull from private medical records
The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.
