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NIH director says Trump's anti-DEI orders misunderstood and agency still supports research that advances health of minorities.

Tue, 2025-04-22 11:46 — mike kraft

NIH director calls Trump’s anti-DEI orders ‘misunderstood,’ downplays reorganization plans The NIH director asserted the agency remains committed to research that advances the health of minorities, despite Trump's anti-DEI orders Jonathan Wosen STAT

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Housing: 60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress renews funds

Mon, 2025-04-21 19:35 — mike kraft

60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that rental assistance for some 60,000 Americans fleeing homelessness or domestic violence will run out of money by the end of next year. AP News

... the program, Emergency Housing Vouchers, is running out of money — and quickly.

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Trump administration cuts lab dealing with sexually transmitted diseases as syphillis cases rise.

Mon, 2025-04-21 19:18 — mike kraft

Trump administration axes key STI lab amid dramatic rise in US syphilis cases Chaotic cuts to CDC hit expert leadership and programs that surveil, test and research sexually transmitted diseases The Guardian

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NIH considering halting all new research grants to half a dozen top universities.

Mon, 2025-04-21 12:46 — mike kraft

NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to top universities Universities whose NIH funding has been frozen may face further strain as the agency holds off awarding new grants to at least a half dozen of them, according to an internal email. Anil Oza STAT

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Proposed Medicaid cuts risk making the Black maternal health crises worse.

Mon, 2025-04-21 11:29 — mike kraft

Medicaid cuts risk worsening Black maternal health crisis Advocates are warning lawmakers that the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will leave millions of pregnant Black women at a heightened risk of death, worsening the maternal mortality crisis an… bconradis The Hill

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Trump administration turns the COVID information website into a promotion for the China lab leak theory

Fri, 2025-04-18 17:46 — mike kraft

Trump turns a COVID information website into a promotion page for the lab leak theory A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak. AP News

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About 40 per cent of Trump administration's science funding cuts affect states he won

Thu, 2025-04-17 13:38 — mike kraft

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH Slashed Science Funding Across States That Backed Trump - KFF Health News A KFF Health News analysis underscores how the terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or geographically. Of the organizations that had grants cut in the first month, about 40% are in states President Donald Trump won in November. khnkit KFF Health News

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Staff cuts prompt US consumer safety agency to stop collecting data on car accidents, drug cases

Thu, 2025-04-17 12:46 — mike kraft

US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts

April 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.

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Trump administration budget document outlines massive proposed cuts in health and even head start programs

Thu, 2025-04-17 11:30 — mike kraft

Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget. The Washington Post

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Trump's proposed budget cuts could result in deaths of nearly half a million children's from AIDS--study

Tue, 2025-04-15 17:22 — mike kraft

Half-million children could die if U.S. AIDS relief dropped, study says - UPI.com Nearly a half-million children could die from AIDS by 2030 if President Donald Trump follows through on plans to cut U.S. relief programs, a new study says. UPI

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