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As blue states battle Trump's NIH funding cuts, red states benefit too
A ruling by a federal judge in Boston has paused the battle over National Institutes of Health funding, benefiting ...
NIH funding cuts "direct attack" on University of Minnesota's research community, president says
The president of the University of Minnesota said a slash in funding for medical research grants by the National Institutes ...
Science under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research
Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege.
Thousands of probationary employees fired as Trump administration directs agencies to carry out widespread layoffs
The Trump administration broadened its effort to terminate thousands of probationary workers on Thursday, instructing agencies on a call to move forward with the layoffs. Officials have set their ...
Trump tried massive cuts to health research; the swift legal response shows that courts aren’t holding back
Lawmakers from both parties raised concerns that the cuts would hit their local economies, both in blue and red states. Massachusetts took the lead in one of the challenges to the National Institutes ...
The Washington Post8d
Trump’s NIH challenges the model that underlies U.S. scientific dominance
The maintenance of research facilities is included in about $208,000 for “indirect costs” that are part of Peifer’s nearly $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health — money ...
Fifteen cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions
A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children. Gaines County, which borders New Mexico, ...
The Scientist23d
Freeze on NIH Grant Reviews Leaves Scientists Confused and Frustrated
Sahana is a science journalist and an intern at The Scientist, with a background in neuroscience and microbiology ... has imposed numerous restrictions on the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ...
Thousands of Greenland’s Blue Lakes Turn Brown Overnight As Extreme Weather Triggers a Carbon Crisis
A shocking transformation has gripped West Greenland, where thousands of once-pristine blue lakes turned brown after an ...
The Nation on MSN5d
It’s Time for the Democrats to Throw Off the Dead Hand of Clintonism
More than 20 years after Bill Clinton left office, Democrats remain in the grips of his New Democrat politics. That’s a ...
Science Daily29d
Extreme climate pushed thousands of lakes in West Greenland 'across a tipping point,' study finds
West Greenland is home to tens of thousands of blue lakes that provide residents ... Scholar and University of Maine Climate Change Institute Associate Director Jasmine Saros, a team of ...