Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
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The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/national-institutes-health-nih-canceled-grants-research
Long the bane of hospitals and the source of millions of nosocomial infections, Escherichia coli has rights too.
Help RFK, Jr. give infections a fighting chance!
THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL EVERYBODY!
I'm listening to Alex Wagner's podcast from a couple of weeks ago talking about how the #DisasterPresidency is decimating the #EPA.
And I think…
They're also trying to shutdown #FEMA.
…and the #NIH.
…and put a lunatic in charge of #HHS.
…and ignored/dismissed #Covid.
…and are ignoring #BirdFlu. And #Measles.
…and dismiss #ClimateChange.
…and defunding #Superfund toxic waste cleanup.
…and in his first term, repealed laws against dumping toxic coal ash.
I signed up years ago for the #NIH #AllOfUs research program so the NIH has extensive data about me, including genetic data.
I trusted NIH then to keep my data secure and private, but I am obviously reconsidering that and thinking about withdrawing from the program.
I've asked All Of Us what assurances they can give that my data will remain safe, but I am skeptical that they'll have a persuasive answer.
Anybody else in this boat?
#privacy #medicalResearch
10,000 employees of #HHS & its agencies — #CDC, #FDA, #NIH, etc — are losing their jobs.
@statnews.com wants to give the public a closer look at what is being cut & what might be lost as a result.
If you're one of these workers, please tell us: https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/hhs-cuts-restructuring-reader-form/
Another travesty:
"Our #NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today.
We'd developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid +we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own 2nd-gen inhibitor.
Part of a complete elimin of COVID-related research, incl. #LongCOVID.
The rationale given is that the pandemic is over.
Ppl are dying of #COVID at several times the rate of flu +still getting long COVID."
-Dr M Lin
#USPol
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/cdc-rocked-by-top-level-departures-loss-of-11-4b-in-covid-funding/
"The Trump administration wants to spend more federal dollars replicating medical research. A key question will be which studies get repeated and, with limited resources, at what expense.
Why it matters: Many findings can't be replicated — a problem scientists say needs to be addressed. But it could also consume increasingly scarce resources as the administration cuts spending and freezes federal grants."
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/medical-studies-rfk-nih-replication
#healthcare #medicine #science #research #NIH # HHS #CDC #USpol
Update. "#NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the #Health Effects of #Climate Change"
https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health
"The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica…While it’s unclear whether the climate guidance will impact active grants and lead to funding terminations, the directive appears to halt opportunities for future funding of studies or academic programs focused on the health effects of climate change."
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.
Update. New study: "#NIH investment in drugs approved from 2010 to 2019 was not less than investment by the #pharmaceutical industry, with comparable accounting for basic and applied research, failed clinical trials, and cost of capital or discount rates."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2804378
PS: Relevant to (1) #Trump admin cutbacks to NIH #funding and (2) industry #patents and licensing terms on approved drugs.
Scientist speaks out after NIH terminates grants including study of LGBTQ+ teens' mental health - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Health/scientist-speaks-after-nih-terminates-grants-including-study/story?id=120020702
From the #Nazis in DC who claim they are protecting Jews from #antisemitism. #NIH councils can meet but their research includes a religious lithmus test.
"Earlier this month, the Trump administration began demanding that international researchers funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention answer political questions, such as whether they work to “combat Christian persecution” or collaborate with communist governments."
From the #Nazis in DC who claim they are protecting Jews from #antisemitism. #NIH councils can meet but their research includes a religious lithmus test.
"Earlier this month, the Trump administration began demanding that international researchers funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention answer political questions, such as whether they work to “combat Christian persecution” or collaborate with communist governments."
The Research We Lost (previous Boost)
#TheResearchWeLost
That WE refers to everybody on the planet
He is not just destroying america's future
for more money that he does not need???
He is destroying the whole planet's future
OUR planet
with his mental disease called GREED
#GreedyPig
#TheResearchWeLost
#NIH
#Science
#Grants
#USpol
#AUSpol
"These cuts, both to staff and grants, reflect a broader move to shift how the NIH allocates its $48 billion dollar research budget, from processes governed by scientific expertise, to processes governed by partisan judgements."
#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #workers #firings #research #NIH #healthcare
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"There is widespread reporting of hundreds of grant cancellations at the National Institutes for Health (NIH)—with significantly more coming. This is in the context of ongoing funding freezes and chaotic layoffs of its expert staff, most of whom have PhDs in the fields for which they oversee review and funding processes."
~ Pamela Herd
#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #workers #firings #research #NIH #healthcare
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https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizing-science-the-national
There are many caveats (sample size, for ex) but this is very good: "Everyone in this study was destined to develop #Alzheimer’s disease and some of them haven’t yet,” said senior author Randall J. Bateman, a prof of neurology at WashU Medicine, in a statement from the university. “We don’t yet know how long they will remain symptom-free—maybe a few years or maybe decades.”
Hands off the #NIH!
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-announce-possible-breakthrough-in-delaying-alzheimers-2000578102
Today I noticed a heck of a lot of 404's when I was fetching #pubmed data. Seems there was a thorough gutting there this week. Links to articles are still there but the articles themselves are going missing en masse. I'm going to continue to grab and post what I can here:
"After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains.
The segregation clause is one of several identified in a public memo issued by the General Services Administration last month, affecting all civil federal agencies."
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