For example, $110 million in grant dollars to Ohio could be at risk.

We're gearing up for round 2 of hearings for RFK Jr. Senators on the HELP committee today should consider deeply what his plan to "take a break" on infectious disease funding would mean, especially for their states. ⬇️

Smiling through the pain of a very sad and weird day. Thanks @andreaducas.bsky.social and @shwoolf.bsky.social for being my comrades in arms today!

Here's the data:

Some states, like Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina, benefited from over a billion dollars of NIH funding flowing to research institutions and universities last year.

What does this mean for states? Researchers in every state and nearly every congressional district receive NIH funding. In FY24, this totaled almost $40 billion. Here’s how that nets out state-by-state: