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Nature’s guide to what’s next was the subject of a bunch of lawsuits
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) responded to lawsuits filed by the state attorneys and scientific body Nature over its decision to cancel research grants. “NIH continues to provide support for biomedical research that has a direct impact on human health,” it said. This comes after President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled $400 million research grant…
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Nature’s guide to what’s next was the subject of a bunch of lawsuits
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) responded to lawsuits filed by the state attorneys and scientific body Nature over its decision to cancel research grants. “NIH continues to provide support for biomedical research that has a direct impact on human health,” it said. This comes after President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled $400 million research grant…
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On top of that, the HHS has been ordered to reduce spending on contracts
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has ordered to cut 35% of spending on contracts. The cuts apply to all divisions of HHS, which include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies. “These spending cuts will weaken public health in…
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There have been a lot of firings at federal health agencies
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fired over 100 executives at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to Nature. The firings include several NIH directors as well as executives at the Food and Drug Administration. “These reductions in the workforce will have a profound impact on key NIH administrative functions…[and]…will…
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There was a report that said that the DEI staff was Blasted
The US government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed a 15% cap on research overhead costs for new and existing grants, in order to “ensure that as many funds as possible go towards direct scientific research costs rather than administrative overhead”. Indirect costs are paid by the NIH for scientists’ salaries and equipment purchases for…
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CDC updates some important health data as well as others, but not all of them
The US government has cancelled research-grant reviews, travel and trainings for scientists inside and outside the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after President Donald Trump took office. The cancellation comes after an “external pause” in external communications by the US Department of Health and Human Services on January 21. The NIH is the world’s largest…
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Women’s health research does not receive funding
Scientists have found that funding for gynaecological cancers in the US over the past 10 years was less than for other cancers when compared to years of life lost for each new diagnosis. Funding to death for many gynaecological cancers fell during the period. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandates researchers use both…
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The European space backlog has worsened because of a broken nozzle
Springer Nature Digital has developed a tool to make science accessible in PDFs. The tool helps blind or low-vision people decode scientific literature by offering textual descriptions of figures, called alt text, which would enable a blind person to understand the images. According to the study, fewer than 100 researchers applying for funding from the…
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People who helped shape science in the 20th century.
Climate scientist and monkeypox watchman Svitlana Krakovska has been appointed as the chair of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Group on Vaccination against COVID-19. She is a former director of the World Health Organization’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. She has previously served as the chairman of the US Centers for Disease Control…