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President Trump on Friday proposed massive cuts to the federal government’s health agencies in his 2026 budget request, @danielpayne.bsky.social reports for @statnews.com .https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/skinny-budget-trump-hhs-cuts-white-house-proposes-deep-reductions-nih-cdc/

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NIH halts funding for new projects with foreign collaborators, citing national security concerns www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/n... via @mmolteni.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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Biopharma leaders have so far remained largely quiet during Trump's first 100 days. That was not the case at Stanford's annual drug discovery symposium. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/b...

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NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths. Exclusive via Ismael M. Belkoura for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...

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GOP Senator Collins says Trump’s layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’ www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n... via John Wilkerson for @statnews.com

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NIH plans to reduce animal testing in federally funded research www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @pharmalot.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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It's been 100 days since President Trump took office. Here's how he's impacted health and science, seen through five lives. www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...

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What was big at AACR? A drug, a diagnostic, and a dog. Oh and a vaccine, too. www.statnews.com/2025/04/29/a... via @angusrohan.bsky.social and @matthewherper.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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Compelling STAT Story with personal stories from 5 individuals affected by NIH insanity www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...

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U.S. health officials inject new uncertainty into approval process for Covid boosters www.statnews.com/2025/04/27/f... via @helenbranswell.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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I'd like to follow up on this story I wrote April 1 about terminated HHS folks being offered jobs at IHS. Did you get this offer? Did you take it? Either way, please contact me on Signal (Usha.22) if you can discuss on or off the record. Thank you. www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

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NIH announces six new acting institute directors, many of them filling posts of ousted predecessors. My latest @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/n...

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The Trump administration's disruptions to science can be measured not only in grant dollars, but in the human toll of the chaos. To tell those stories, @usha.bsky.social, @angusrohan.bsky.social, and I teamed up to write these five profiles for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...

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"It's like someone ran over your child." A remarkable collection of portraits representing the current devastation to science. By @mmolteni.bsky.social, @angusrohan.bsky.social, @usha.bsky.social, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...

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Akeso made headlines last year when its cancer drug bested Keytruda in a head-to-head trial. The company just won approval in China based on that study, and there are hints the drug may also improve survival. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/a...

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Exodus continues. www.science.org/content/arti...

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For this story, I reached out to 42 institutions to gather biomedical graduate admissions data. Those that said class size would decrease reported an average drop of about a third. “The future of the enterprise is jeopardized," Suzanne Ortega, president of the Council of Graduate Schools, told me. 👇

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Struggling to keep track of the many ways the Trump administration is roiling science and health? My @statnews.com colleague @usha.bsky.social has put together a very, very detailed timeline www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

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NIH has scaled back new grants by more than $2 billion, according to a @statnews.com analysis based on great data reporting by @jaspar.bsky.social. As @mmolteni.bsky.social writes, the true dimensions of the damage may take years to fully come into view. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

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NIH chief voices support for Nora Volkow, head of drug addiction research institute www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

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New England Journal of Medicine, one of the world’s leading medical journals, gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n... via @aniloza.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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The health official who helped convince President Trump during his first term that it’s possible to end the HIV epidemic in the United States is now imploring the president to stay the course.

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Food companies agree to phase out synthetic dyes, handing MAHA a victory, @sarah-todd.bsky.social and @lizzylawrence.bsky.social report for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/f...

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Speaking to agency advisers, NIH director Jay Bhattacharya called Trump’s anti-DEI orders ‘misunderstood’ and downplayed the administration's leaked reorganization plans. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/n...

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BREAKING: NIH planning to prohibit funds going to institutions with DEI initiatives or engage w/ boycotts of Israel, according to internal documents www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...

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“Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation”—National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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#BREAKING: NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to more top universities www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/n...

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Breaking: NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to more top universities www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/n... via @aniloza.bsky.social and @mmolteni.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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Amid all the turmoil at NIH, an email to staff this week said the agency “has seen a recent uptick in incidents of vandalism.” Someone, per photo obtained by @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, posted @timothysnyder.bsky.social lessons for fighting tyranny inside a bathroom stall.

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Makary says FDA will remove pharma representatives from advisory panels www.statnews.com/2025/04/17/f... via John Wilkerson for @statnews.com

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Big: Draft Trump budget proposes NIH consolidation and 40% spending cut. 28 institutes and centers would be folded into eight. Via @mmolteni.bsky.social @jonathanwosen.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...

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An internal budget document leaked to the press on Wednesday gives the clearest vision yet of RFK Jr.’s planned chronic disease-fighting agency, the Administration for a Healthy America. Story via @isabellacueto.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...

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RFK Jr. plans changes to vaccine injury reporting system www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/r... via @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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Under pressure from the Trump administration, universities are searching for reforms to how the federal government pays for research overhead (indirect costs) that might be acceptable to all sides. Good story by @aniloza.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n...

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Famed Harvard scientist George Church spoke last night to @jasonmast.bsky.social after the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in grants: “Let’s hope something in the system is working to defend the things worth defending,” he said. www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/h...

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Breaking: Trump administration launches probe into pharmaceutical imports, via @pharmalot.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

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DOE says it will do what a judge told NIH it can't: Lower indirect cost recovery rates to 15% for every institution.https://www.science.org/content/article/energy-department-cuts-university-overhead-rates-to-15-on-research-grants

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Key NIH grant review panels resume meeting, but are not ‘back to normal’ www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/n... reports my colleague @mmolteni.bsky.social in this @statnews.com exclusive

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In remarks to FDA staff, RFK Jr. called the agency a “sock puppet” for the industries it’s supposed to regulate. He did not address the decision to lay off 3,500 employees, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social & @matthewherper.bsky.social report for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/r...

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Inside U.S. health agencies, workers confront chaos and questions as operations become unglued. Teamed up with a whole slew of @statnews.com colleagues to report this piece, written by @drewqjoseph.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/h...

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Just when grants to study this are being terminated. Story by @aniloza.bsky.social

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Check out our 2025 STATUS List of 50 influential -- and in some cases controversial -- people shaping the future of health and life sciences. These are people we think you need to know, not endorsements. @statnews.com www.statnews.com/status-list/...

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Public health leader calls for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, citing ‘complete disregard for science’ www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/r... via @elizabethcooney.bsky.social for @statnews.com

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“A special kind of hell for scientists and type A is confusion and chaos, and there’s so, so much of it,” one federal health worker told @elizabethcooney.bsky.social in this illuminating @statnews.com story about the psychological strain these workers are under.

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Breaking: A judge has ordered a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration's attempt to cap indirect cost payments. That's actually an outcome the administration requested, as it needed a final ruling to file an appeal. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/04/n...

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The NINDS scientists fired in the RIF are back at work - for now - after a "coding error" led to their accidental termination. HHS blames "broken systems left to us by the Biden administration." My story @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

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Known seasteader Jim O’Neill, nominated by Trump to be the no. 2 official at HHS, has stepped back from the cause, as part of his ethical obligations that come with the nomination process. Via @danielpayne.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/j...

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STAT will be at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting this weekend! Join us Sunday evening as we bring together reporters, industry experts, and thought leaders to dive into the latest trends in neurology. Save your spot: www.statnews.com/event/stat-a... #AAN2025

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