Noam Ross<p>Folks, while much of the attention is on Harvard and Columbia's response to the Trump/Musk/RFK Jr. administration, I'd like to point out how <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NIH" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> terminations and funding cuts go far beyond this war with the nations' elite universities. 🧵🧪</p>
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Thousands of grants, including many at public universities and on topics as politically benign as Alzheimer’s, have been caught in what critics say is an unprecedented slowdown of the American research system that is threatening to upend universities and halt progress toward medical innovations, treatments and cures."</p><p> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/one-countrys-leading-alzheimers-projects-jeopardy-rcna199788" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/one-countrys-leading-alzheimers-projects-jeopardy-rcna199788</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ClinicalTrials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClinicalTrials</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"But Youle’s dismissal, along with 10 others at the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, underscores a recurring problem in the Trump administration’s push to rapidly shrink the federal workforce: Computers are making decisions without much human oversight."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/04/11/the-downside-of-rifs-at-nih-00283243" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/newsletters/futur</span><span class="invisible">e-pulse/2025/04/11/the-downside-of-rifs-at-nih-00283243</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Jenny<p>“Health and Human Services Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say” - <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WIRED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIRED</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/department-health-human-services-possible-collapse/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/department-hea</span><span class="invisible">lth-human-services-possible-collapse/</span></a></p><p>“If the situation is not addressed, “pretty soon, the department will be completely open to external actors to get at the largest databases in the world that have all of our public health information in them, our sensitive drug testing clinical trial information at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> or different organizations’ mental health records,” the source claims…”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHHS</span></a></p>
Flaming Cheeto<p>So, like an idiot (or someone who's had someone die of cancer and has some empathy) I enrolled in this study a few years back and I'm now antsy about what the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> will do with my samples</p><p><a href="https://www.cancer.gov/connect-prevention-study/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cancer.gov/connect-prevention-</span><span class="invisible">study/</span></a></p>
John Sundman<p>Heading to SynBioBeta to be on a panel about art & science. These conferences offer an intriguing mix of science, policy, futurism, industry boosterism & the occasional sideshow from outer space.</p><p>All across the USA, anti-scientific mobs are looking for research laboratories to vandalize and scientific careers to foreclose.</p><p>Yet astounding advances in biological science keep happening despite everything. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/johnsundman/p/synbiobeta-dreaming-2025?r=38b5x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/johnsund</span><span class="invisible">man/p/synbiobeta-dreaming-2025?r=38b5x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false</span></a></p>
Helen Branswell<p>When you get rid of most of the people whose work fuels the day-to-day operations of an agency like <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, can the agency still function? Scientists & public health experts working at NIH, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> & <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> fear the answer is no, & that they're about to find out. <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-la</span><span class="invisible">yoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"The National Institutes of Health told employees Thursday it was rolling back directives from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to probe worker productivity and limit purchases and travel on company cards, according to messages obtained by POLITICO."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/health-staffers-told-to-ignore-musks-missives-00283976" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/10/h</span><span class="invisible">ealth-staffers-told-to-ignore-musks-missives-00283976</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/staff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staff</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
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Kim Perales<p>“Scientists forced to perform humiliating new job amid Trump cuts.”</p><p>I wish that this article was from the Onion, but it’s actually news from the Daily Mail, that’s unfortunately the awful truth about the possible fate of scientists who were fired by the Trump admin by way of Musk’s DOGE. </p><p>It’s Trump who should be made to perform humiliating jobs in prison, for the rest of his life.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14602853/scientists-forced-new-job-trump-nps-cuts.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1</span><span class="invisible">4602853/scientists-forced-new-job-trump-nps-cuts.html</span></a></p>
Cosmic Librarian<p>U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% over five years, NIH study finds<br>Amid government cuts, findings show the need to ‘increase investment,’ author says</p><p>A new U.S. government paper documenting an increase in maternal mortality from 2018 to 2022 does not hedge in its conclusion, calling the issue “an urgent public health priority.” That it was published amid massive job and funding cuts at federal health agencies charged with reducing these deaths has not escaped notice.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/maternalmortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maternalmortality</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/healthfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthfunding</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/maternal-mortality-increases-as-research-funding-cut-urgent-public-health-priority/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/09/matern</span><span class="invisible">al-mortality-increases-as-research-funding-cut-urgent-public-health-priority/</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Judge permanently blocks <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>’s plan to cap funding, setting up appeals battle"<br><a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/judge-permanently-blocks-nihs-plan-to-cap-funding-setting-up-appeals-batt/744647/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">highereddive.com/news/judge-pe</span><span class="invisible">rmanently-blocks-nihs-plan-to-cap-funding-setting-up-appeals-batt/744647/</span></a></p><p>"Research <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> won an extended reprieve Friday when a federal judge permanently barred the National Institutes of Health from capping funding for indirect research costs at a 15% rate, a move that would cost institutions billions a year. US District Judge Angel Kelley ruled NIH had violated federal statute, was “arbitrary and capricious” in creating the cap, failed to follow rulemaking procedures when doing so and violated constitutional prohibitions on applying new rules retroactively."</p><p>The NIH will surely appeal.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Kim Perales<p>A <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> engineer removed fed officials’ permissions to post to <a href="http://Grants.gov" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">Grants.gov</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> w/o telling them. Now decisions affecting $Bs in grant opportunities are set to flow through a DOGE-controlled mailbox.</p><p>The Trump admin has taken multiple steps to delay or halt fed grants, e.g. delaying $Bs in research grants issued by agencies such as the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, freezing or term grants to higher-EDU insts...</p><p>The <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime destroys lives, livelihoods & futures.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/11/doge-controls-federal-grant-postings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/11/doge-controls-federal-grant-postings/</span></a></p>
Turin Turambar<p>🚨<span> Science is under threat.<br>Massive funding cuts to NASA, NIH & NSF could set us back decades — or even a generation.<br><br>This isn’t just about labs and telescopes. It’s about cures for cancer. GPS. MRI machines. The internet.<br>All built on basic research — by people who had no idea their work would one day change the world.<br><br></span>💡<span> Every $1 invested in science returns $2–3 in economic growth.<br>But more than that — science is human curiosity in action. It's how we dream bigger. It's how we move forward.<br><br>If we abandon it now, what future are we even fighting for?<br></span>🌌<span> “We float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.” – Carl Sagan<br><br></span>✍️<span> Want to help? Write your reps. Speak up for science.<br></span>🔗<span> [Link in video description]<br><br></span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/StandUpForScience" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StandUpForScience</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/FundScience" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FundScience</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/STEM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#STEM</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/CarlSagan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarlSagan</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/NASA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/NIH" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/NSF" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSF</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/SaveScience" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaveScience</a><span> </span><a href="https://electricrequiem.com/tags/StayCurious" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StayCurious</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://youtu.be/ABU06LDZpfY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ABU06LDZpfY</a></p>
Jaime Derringer<p>🚨 The data dictionary for the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ABCDstudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABCDstudy</span></a> is gone 🚨</p><p>If you know of any good alternatives or backups, please share!</p><p>The web-app-based data dictionary/codebook is offline. We've got all the data from release 5.1 downloaded, but it doesn’t include static documentation and without the data dictionary, it's tough to use. (Even tougher for researchers planning to get into it: new access requests aren't being accepted anymore.)</p>
Brittany Trang<p>If it's been too overwhelming to read every single thing about what's happening at federal health agencies, this piece from ten (10!) of my <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@STAT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>STAT</span></a></span> colleagues gives you an overview of what's happened and how bad it is: </p><p>“We are really trying to hold things together with our bare hands,” said one employee.</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-la</span><span class="invisible">yoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hhs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fda</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cdc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdc</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nih" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nih</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rif</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rfk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfk</span></a></p>
Andy Tseng<p>Take a moment to reflect: another respected science leader at the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NIH" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> has been pushed out. Does sidelining top experts move science forward? Short-term politics, long-term damage. Some losses can’t be undone. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ScienceMatters" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceMatters</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ResearchIntegrity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResearchIntegrity</a><br><br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/chief-of-nihs-international-center-latest-director-to-lose-job-under-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Chief of NIH’s international c...</a></p>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>NIH grants weekly email:</p><p>▪️ General Notices<br>- revised schedule for grants<br>- early expiration of grant notice for "Centering the Health of Women Across the HIV Research Continuum" </p><p>▪️ Funding Opportunities<br>- (none)</p><p>===</p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/publichealth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>publichealth</span></a></span></p>
Helen Branswell<p>The massive staff cuts at <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> hit many of the folks who kept HHS running, leaving <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> labs hoarding dwindling supplies & trying to decide whether further demanded cuts should affect critical people or critical equipment. Destruction, not restructuring. <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-la</span><span class="invisible">yoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/</span></a></p>
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