Jill Fehrenbacher
@jillfehrenbacher.bsky.social
Reposted by Jill Fehrenbacher
Taking from NIH research to create a new MAHA agency? wapo.st/42gLz0Z Summary: Proposal: $47B NIH budget split into $27B for NIH (now only 8 institutes, from 27) and $20B for a new "Administration for a Healthy America" (incl. primary care, childhood chronic disease).
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.
wapo.st
April 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Taking from NIH research to create a new MAHA agency? wapo.st/42gLz0Z Summary: Proposal: $47B NIH budget split into $27B for NIH (now only 8 institutes, from 27) and $20B for a new "Administration for a Healthy America" (incl. primary care, childhood chronic disease).
Reposted by Jill Fehrenbacher
Economists point out that cuts to federally-funded scientific research will leave Americans poorer, less healthy, and less productive, while threatening U.S. competitiveness in fields like AI. Read more in this article from the NYTimes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Economists point out that cuts to federally-funded scientific research will leave Americans poorer, less healthy, and less productive, while threatening U.S. competitiveness in fields like AI. Read more in this article from the NYTimes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
Reposted by Jill Fehrenbacher
More hits to #NIH:
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
More hits to #NIH:
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
Reposted by Jill Fehrenbacher
An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article)
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Reposted by Jill Fehrenbacher
The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health was created in 1990.
Women’s health issues didn’t exist before then.
(actually most people just didn’t care)
I’m sure the website is down because we’ve solved all those problems. /s
Women’s health issues didn’t exist before then.
(actually most people just didn’t care)
I’m sure the website is down because we’ve solved all those problems. /s
February 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health was created in 1990.
Women’s health issues didn’t exist before then.
(actually most people just didn’t care)
I’m sure the website is down because we’ve solved all those problems. /s
Women’s health issues didn’t exist before then.
(actually most people just didn’t care)
I’m sure the website is down because we’ve solved all those problems. /s