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Cancer-Vaccine<br><br><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/02/scientists-sue-nih-over-grant-cuts/?utm_campaign=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/02/scientists-sue-nih-over-grant-cuts/?utm_campaign=rss</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Policy" target="_blank">#Policy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" target="_blank">#research</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=9WnfRH4KqXiJ7l4k8KJ3QgtJJo0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Event Attributes</a>
Go Weapons Hot<p>"Multiple <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> sources tell WIRED the layoffs include—in addition to labor, IT, and human resources personnel—several accomplished senior investigators at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/NINDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NINDS</span></a>), top scientists at the National Institute on Aging, and several researchers noted for their work in HIV, emerging infectious diseases, and child brain and neural disorders."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doctor-breakth</span><span class="invisible">rough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/</span></a></p>
TrumpRFK Jr.‘s bloodbath at HHS: Blowback grows as losses become clearer "Americans will be sick...<br><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-bloodbath-at-hhs-blowback-grows-as-losses-become-clearer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-bloodbath-at-hhs-blowback-grows-as-losses-become-clearer/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" target="_blank">#CDC</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CMS" target="_blank">#CMS</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fda" target="_blank">#fda</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HHS" target="_blank">#HHS</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robert" target="_blank">#robert</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/f" target="_blank">#f</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kennedy" target="_blank">#kennedy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jr" target="_blank">#jr</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" target="_blank">#trump</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=0vnRUc2m8K2xzP5LNejW588Psbw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Event Attributes</a>
Kim Perales<p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>: world’s largest public financier of MED research. Key reason: American preeminence at innovation🚨 *IN <br>JEOPARDY.</p><p>“Fueled breakthroughs: discovering the DNA code for each amino acid to the hepatitis C virus. Dismantling it will undercut our position as the world’s leader in science.”</p><p>“American s will suffer -diseases: not cured &amp; treatments: not found.”</p><p>Cuts could end up unraveling the reforms -implemented to help speed up the drug-approval process.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/people-will-die-rfk-jr-kennedy-guts-america-health-bureaucracy-hhs-science-cdc-fda-nih-rif-layoffs-firings-health-and-human-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/people-will-d</span><span class="invisible">ie-rfk-jr-kennedy-guts-america-health-bureaucracy-hhs-science-cdc-fda-nih-rif-layoffs-firings-health-and-human-services</span></a></p>
Noam Ross<p>🚨 ACLU, Protect Democracy &amp; Center for Science in the Public Interest have filed against the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, Jay Bhattacharya, and RFK Jr. to halt illegal grant terminations.</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835536/health-association-v-national-institutes-of-health/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/docket/69835</span><span class="invisible">536/health-association-v-national-institutes-of-health/</span></a></p><p>"Plaintiffs request that the Court declare unlawful Defendants’ Directives; declare<br>Defendants’ termination of grants in this manner unlawful; order Defendants to end their arbitrary and capricious, unconstitutional, and unlawful actions; and order Defendants to restore funding to<br>the terminated NIH grants."</p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies"<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/health-huma</span><span class="invisible">n-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289</span></a></p><p>"Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>] Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated…The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the federal government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical research, drug approvals and other issues." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Take Action Now<p>🚨 Trump just laid off 10,000 workers at the CDC, FDA, and NIH—during a measles and bird flu outbreak.</p><p>“This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s sabotage.”</p><p>Our health infrastructure is under attack. If we let this slide, what’s next?</p><p>✊ Read more + take action: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/takeactionnow/p/trump-just-fired-10000-public-health?r=plp0&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/takeacti</span><span class="invisible">onnow/p/trump-just-fired-10000-public-health?r=plp0&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TakeActionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeActionNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeaslesOutbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaslesOutbreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthcareCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthcareCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
Stéphane Pouyllau<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandUpForScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandUpForScience</span></a> « Stand up for science, mais avec quel budget ? » par <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://piaille.fr/@mart1oeil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mart1oeil</span></a></span> de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/next" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>next</span></a> <a href="https://next.ink/178583/stand-up-for-science-mais-avec-quel-budget/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">next.ink/178583/stand-up-for-s</span><span class="invisible">cience-mais-avec-quel-budget/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/veilleESR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veilleESR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a></p>
Helen Branswell<p>Still trying to make figure out what happened in the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> universe yesterday? At @statnews.com, we were pedal to the metal rooting out who was being fired and what the potential impacts of this mass and chaotic restructuring of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> will be. Find our stories here: <a href="https://www.statnews.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">statnews.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>McCain is heartbroken about the news that funding for brain research was cut at the NIH. Her late father, John McCain, was treated for Glioblastoma.</p><p>Republican lawmakers will hear about many more heartbreaking stories. Unless the firings, illnesses, or deaths directly affect their families, they'll likely not push back against Trump's egregious policies &amp; agenda.</p><p>Meghan's husband, Ben Domenech, is a staunch Republican, &amp; has been a supporter of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.<br> <br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ETTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ETTD</span></a></p>
Tino Eberl<p>Das US-Gesundheitsministerium <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> hat mit der Entlassung von bis zu 10.000 Mitarbeitenden begonnen.</p><p>Das ist etwa ein Viertel der Belegschaft. Besonders betroffen sind <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>. Zahlreiche Führungskräfte verloren ihre Posten oder wurden auf <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Verwaltungsposten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verwaltungsposten</span></a> versetzt. Ziel der Maßnahme ist eine Umstrukturierung mit Einsparungen von 1,8 Milliarden Dollar.</p><p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-la</span><span class="invisible">yoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gesundheitspolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gesundheitspolitik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stellenabbau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stellenabbau</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%C3%96ffentlicherDienst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ÖffentlicherDienst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medizin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medizin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Biomedizin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biomedizin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Verwaltungsreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verwaltungsreform</span></a></p>
Robert Roy Britt<p>Have you ever submitted a grant proposal to the National Institutes of Health? Yeah, me neither. But if you listen to critics, the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> is throwing money around willy nilly to fund all sorts of stupid projects. This writer has submitted an NIH grant proposal, and she explains the arduous process, the thorough review, and why her proposal didn't get funded—for good reason. By Gail Post, Ph.D.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/negative-hype-about-federal-healthcare-research-is-misguided-941ea7086a0a?sk=e0338043e0f681b4021ec0d8937ddbfc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/wise-well/negative-</span><span class="invisible">hype-about-federal-healthcare-research-is-misguided-941ea7086a0a?sk=e0338043e0f681b4021ec0d8937ddbfc</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history -huge losses to the research community.”</p><p>RFK Jr would be reducing its workforce by 20K employee -🚨1/4 of its staff -many scientists, incl those that run HIV prevention programs/research💔affected.</p><p>Leg, comm, IT &amp; other admin WKRs within each inst received term notices *move to consolidate power under the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> dir. A disprop# come from RES funded at the NIAID/NICHD/NIMHD/NINR.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nih-director-removes-four-main-scientists-amid-massive-staff-purge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/nih-director-removes-four-main-scientists-amid-massive-staff-purge/</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>WHAT DID i SAY. 🤬 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheyreTryingToKillEverybody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheyreTryingToKillEverybody</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMS</span></a></p>
AnnaAnthro<p>Doctor Behind Award-Winning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Parkinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkinson</span></a>’s Research Among Scientists Purged From <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doctor-breakth</span><span class="invisible">rough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Thousands of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> and Human Services (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>) employees across the country are being dismissed on Tuesday as the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration began implementing its controversial workforce reduction plan, which could ultimately remove 10,000 staff from the department through forced <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> – slashing nearly a quarter of its workforce through a combination of layoffs and early retirement offers.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/trump-health-agency-layoffs-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/01/trump-health-agency-layoffs-cuts</span></a><br>HHS indludes:<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a><br>Centers for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> Services (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMS</span></a>)</p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ<p>Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a></p><p>Leading <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> at the National Institutes of Health, were swept up in the Trump administration’s latest tantrum</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FascistAmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAmeriKKKa</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doctor-breakth</span><span class="invisible">rough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Several top scientists charged with overseeing research into disease prevention and cures at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were notified that they were subject to a reduction in force on Tuesday as part of a devastating purge of federal employees carried out by US Health and Human Services secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., WIRED has learned.</p><p>Multiple sources at the NIH, granted anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that at least 10 principal investigators who were leading and directing medical research at the agency had been fired. Among them is Dr. Richard Youle, a leading researcher in the field of neurodegenerative disorders previously awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his groundbreaking research identifying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease.</p><p>The Breakthrough Prize ceremony, often referred to as the “Oscars of Science,” was last year attended by Elon Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has served as the tip of the spear in President Donald Trump’s campaign to eliminate large swaths of the federal workforce."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doctor-breakth</span><span class="invisible">rough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a></p>
Dr N Kar<p>"The Continuing Crisis, Part X: Reductions in Force, Gains in Centralized Power", Derek Lowe, Science </p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/continuing-crisis-part-x-reductions-force-gains-centralized-power" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/blog-post/</span><span class="invisible">continuing-crisis-part-x-reductions-force-gains-centralized-power</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a></p>
Chris Adams<p>We’re going to be told these researchers were fired for poor performance by a bunch of men whose greatest achievement in life was being born to a rich father:</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doctor-breakth</span><span class="invisible">rough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a></p>
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