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Already bruised by the Trump administration’s first round of firings of federal workers, employees at NIH faced more bad news. NIH’s 27 institute directors were told this week that the agency must cut staffing back to 2019 levels, or at least 10% below its 2024 tally. scim.ag/3EP8gjy

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Another great piece of science history, describing how the collective work from many laboratories advances knowledge and how basic science funding by the NIH is critical for new treatments developed by industry by @jeremymberg.bsky.social

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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: More NIH job cuts coming? Agency's scientists already reeling after week of firings | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Another mid-air near miss. These DOGE cuts are making safe flying impossible.

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I have now heard from multiple sources that NIH staff can now travel, going to scientific meetings. They can also participate in peer review of papers. Still not allowed to talk about NIH policies. This may affect in person study section meetings (if the powers that be will let these be scheduled)

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Should you confront your terrible boss on your way out? Here are some things to consider, from our new GOOD JOB advice column at @slate.bsky.social. It may be hard to imagine now, but at some point you will stop wanting to push your boss off a rooftop. slate.com/advice/2025/...

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What the federal judge heard--and said-today at a Boston hearing on proposed cuts in NIH indirect costs. www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: “I have a lot of work to do." Judge says ban on NIH cut to research overhead payments stands—for the moment | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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The gathering storm for U.S. vaccines? RFK targets promotional ads and a key CDC advisory panel. This and more in the Trump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: The fired files: NSF program officer had recently been reclassified as probationary. This and more in the Trump Tracker updates blog | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Rodent and monkey facilities could be imperiled by the Trump administration’s plan to slash overhead costs that the National Institutes of Health pays to institutions for medical research. scim.ag/3QvS4GC

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NEW: Amid DEI backlash and executive orders, CZI kills science diversity leadership grants. That and more on the Trump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: “Death by ax.” NIH payments lawsuit could determine fate of millions of research animals | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: On-again, off-again firings imperil high-security animal disease lab in Kansas. #NBAF This and more in the Trump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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‘Patent mills’ sell scientists inventorship of bizarre medical devices | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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ICYMI: With support from the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, I traveled to Bangladesh, the 'cradle of cholera,' to meet Firdausi Qadri, a veteran cholera vaccine researcher. Here's my story in @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...

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There’s a big courtroom showdown over NIH’s ‘indirect costs’ this week. What are they? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester.

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"Who would want to come in and work in public health after this?” Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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‘Brazen defiance.’ Are Trump officials obeying an order to unfreeze foreign aid? This and more on th eTrump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: Researchers protest outside HHS in Washington, D.C. Also in Trump Tracker: We were reclassified as probationary days before NSF fired us, agency staff say www.science.org/content/arti...

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Judge recommends lifting Florida’s ban on hiring students from China | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Catch-22: NIH funding freeze supposedly lifted but grant review panels can't meet unless they publish a public notice. And Trump order bars agency from posting a notice. More on the Trump Tracker. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: There’s a big courtroom showdown over NIH’s ‘indirect costs’ this week. What are they? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Morning reads: Musk's Neuralink, trashing COVID-19 tests, and more firing regrets on the Trump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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"I’m feeling betrayed, gutted, lost, anxious, and furious." Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Can you explain your doctoral research through interpretive dance? The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: https://scim.ag/4gKMnz9

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‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the 7 March Stand Up for Science protests | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Clarification: Science has learned that up to half of those fired at NSF were "intermittent experts"--part-timers that act much like program officers but are neither probationary nor permanent employees.

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Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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The National Science Foundation tells Science that this morning it fired 168 probationary employees. That is roughly 10% of its workforce. An NSF spokesperson said the dismissals were made “to ensure compliance” with a 11 February presidential executive order on a “workforce optimization."

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NEW: NSF union asks for information on pending dismissals. Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits and U.S. science in chaos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: At Interior department, layoffs shock new scientists hoping for a secure career of service. Welcome to Trump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: Health agencies ordered to condemn ‘gender ideology’ on restored websites. Welcome to Trump Tracker: Probationary workers at health agencies being fired today | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: ‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: Halted contracts threaten education research. Welcome to Trump Tracker: Probationary workers at health agencies being fired today | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Abandoned crops, fired scientists: Agricultural research hit by U.S. foreign aid freeze | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Inside Science pod this week: Trying to make sense of US science chaos with the help of the excellent @davidmalakoff.bsky.social & @carolinesteel.bsky.social is back to talk phone bans and massive, invasive snakes www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Depending on your perspective it's a good/bad week for @science.org's news team to launch our Trump Tracker. Were recent NIH resignations voluntary? Will RFK Jr start firing scientists today? Why did a judge unfreeze U.S. foreign aid needed for clinical trials? www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: judge orders restart to foreign aid. Welcome to Trump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Welcome to Trump Tracker | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Michael Lauer, head of the external grantmaking program at the National Institutes of Health, has announced his retirement. scim.ag/4hZnVLA

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La próxima semana lanzo mi newsletter jeje por si alguien por acá se quiere ir suscribiendo <3 perroberto100cia.substack.com

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Scientists are called on more and more to respond to questions about their results. We tried to put down some ideas for the best ways to do that based on our years of observing these interactions. Engaging is better than not, especially when science is under attack. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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BREAKING: RFK Jr. has to votes to be confirmed as HHS Secretary. 51-48 with one vote outstanding. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) lone Republican to vote against confirmation. www.science.org/content/arti...

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See you at the @aaas.org #AAAS2025 #AAASMtg this week! I'll be speaking on Federal scientific integrity and other current challenge to the Federal science enterprise. There is much to discuss. Join me Friday, 4-5 pm. www.ucsusa.org/science-netw...

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