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Sadly, much damage to the NIH and the US has already been done. But at least now there's hope that soon we can start to move on and recover from the disease of DOGE
Elon Musk says he’ll step back from DOGE starting in May - https://www.theverge.com/news/653928/elon-musk-doge-step-back-tesla-earnings
Elon Musk says he’ll step back from DOGE starting in May
130 day limit coming up.
www.theverge.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sadly, much damage to the NIH and the US has already been done. But at least now there's hope that soon we can start to move on and recover from the disease of DOGE
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Again, this is an aspirational document. I assume (and hope) and we need to make sure that Congress treats it with all of the respect it deserves...
a kitten is playing with a paper shredder that has the number 14 on it
ALT: a kitten is playing with a paper shredder that has the number 14 on it
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April 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Again, this is an aspirational document. I assume (and hope) and we need to make sure that Congress treats it with all of the respect it deserves...
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More from the Washington Post (and this one is a doozy) regarding the President's Budget. Note that this is an aspirational document and Congress has to act (or ignore it).
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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.
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April 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
More from the Washington Post (and this one is a doozy) regarding the President's Budget. Note that this is an aspirational document and Congress has to act (or ignore it).
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The US National Institutes of Health has terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to entire scientific fields
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42wYrix
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42wYrix
April 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The US National Institutes of Health has terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to entire scientific fields
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42wYrix
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42wYrix
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The massive staff cuts at #HHS hit many of the folks who kept HHS running, leaving #NIH labs hoarding dwindling supplies & trying to decide whether further demanded cuts should affect critical people or critical equipment. Destruction, not restructuring. www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/h...
Inside U.S. health agencies, workers confront chaos and questions as operations become unglued
The Trump administration’s remaking of HHS — in a matter of weeks — is sparking basic questions about how parts of the agency and those it oversees can continue to function.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The massive staff cuts at #HHS hit many of the folks who kept HHS running, leaving #NIH labs hoarding dwindling supplies & trying to decide whether further demanded cuts should affect critical people or critical equipment. Destruction, not restructuring. www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/h...
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🧵This is so damn cool!!!
And, of course, NIH $$$ were used in this study
And, of course, NIH $$$ were used in this study
I thought it was a joke but it's not. There's an actual study. Researchers at Penn & Finland engineered gum with antiviral bean proteins that ⬇️ viral load in the mouth the main site of replication for many viruses, including SarsCov2, HSV-1 &2, & influenza.
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
Antiviral Chewing Gum Might Revolutionize How We Tackle Infectious Diseases
Learn why lowering the viral load in the mouth could be a game-changer in fighting viruses like herpes, bird flu, and more.
www.discovermagazine.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🧵This is so damn cool!!!
And, of course, NIH $$$ were used in this study
And, of course, NIH $$$ were used in this study
Yea and lemme guess, he's gonna cure cancer by Christmas
RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September
RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September
Health secretary Robert F.
www.seattletimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Yea and lemme guess, he's gonna cure cancer by Christmas
These cuts are neither Making America Great Again nor Making America Healthy Again
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to entire scientific fields, finds a Nature analysis.
https://go.nature.com/4ielRyV
https://go.nature.com/4ielRyV
How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.
go.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
These cuts are neither Making America Great Again nor Making America Healthy Again
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DOGE-induced delays in trials at the NIH Clinical Center
(Dr. Steve) Rosenberg said. “Right now, assuming things don’t get any worse, it would be a month [delay]. These are not patients that have very many months left.”
This seemed inevitable but is still a big deal...
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(Dr. Steve) Rosenberg said. “Right now, assuming things don’t get any worse, it would be a month [delay]. These are not patients that have very many months left.”
This seemed inevitable but is still a big deal...
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NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
wapo.st
April 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
DOGE-induced delays in trials at the NIH Clinical Center
(Dr. Steve) Rosenberg said. “Right now, assuming things don’t get any worse, it would be a month [delay]. These are not patients that have very many months left.”
This seemed inevitable but is still a big deal...
wapo.st/4j8Hwd1 (Gift link)
(Dr. Steve) Rosenberg said. “Right now, assuming things don’t get any worse, it would be a month [delay]. These are not patients that have very many months left.”
This seemed inevitable but is still a big deal...
wapo.st/4j8Hwd1 (Gift link)
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Could double the NIH budget with that. Which would be better for US health and economy?
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Could double the NIH budget with that. Which would be better for US health and economy?
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New minute entry in Massachusetts v. Kennedy, Jr. (NIH Grant Terminations): Order on Motion for Leave to Appear
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy, Jr., 1:25-cv-10814 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy, Jr., 1:25-cv-10814 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New minute entry in Massachusetts v. Kennedy, Jr. (NIH Grant Terminations): Order on Motion for Leave to Appear
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While Trump (and Elon) cuts funding for NIH and the rest of HHS, he is planning a military parade that will cost the US taxpayer $100 million
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7618...
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Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C.
Trump’s 2018 plans for a parade of military tanks and planes down Pennsylvania Avenue NW were scuttled. But this year no one will stop him.
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April 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
While Trump (and Elon) cuts funding for NIH and the rest of HHS, he is planning a military parade that will cost the US taxpayer $100 million
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7618...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7618...
not to mention all the breakthroughs that will now never get discovered thanks to the layoffs and other cuts
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
not to mention all the breakthroughs that will now never get discovered thanks to the layoffs and other cuts
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
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We just got a permanent court order stopping the Trump administration from cutting billions in NIH funding.
This is a win for science, public health, and the rule of law.
This is a win for science, public health, and the rule of law.
A judge just blocked Trump's NIH funding cuts while my office's lawsuit against this administration continues.
Now, we're going to keep fighting these harmful, illegal cuts that slow down lifesaving medical research, hurt our economy, and take away jobs.
Now, we're going to keep fighting these harmful, illegal cuts that slow down lifesaving medical research, hurt our economy, and take away jobs.
April 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We just got a permanent court order stopping the Trump administration from cutting billions in NIH funding.
This is a win for science, public health, and the rule of law.
This is a win for science, public health, and the rule of law.
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At NIH, despite all the purges, they're working every day to cure cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, breast cancer.
And that deadly disease of our time, malignant narcissistic personality disorder.
They might even find a cure for that baffling worm in brain disease. - @raskin.house.gov
And that deadly disease of our time, malignant narcissistic personality disorder.
They might even find a cure for that baffling worm in brain disease. - @raskin.house.gov
April 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
At NIH, despite all the purges, they're working every day to cure cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, breast cancer.
And that deadly disease of our time, malignant narcissistic personality disorder.
They might even find a cure for that baffling worm in brain disease. - @raskin.house.gov
And that deadly disease of our time, malignant narcissistic personality disorder.
They might even find a cure for that baffling worm in brain disease. - @raskin.house.gov
it's like when a great white shark bites one of your limbs off, lets you bleed out for a bit, and then comes back for the kill
More employees from NIH are expected to receive layoff notices, we're told
This comes less than a week after an initial wave of Secy Kennedy's cuts gutted many offices within this health research agency
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
This comes less than a week after an initial wave of Secy Kennedy's cuts gutted many offices within this health research agency
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. to lay off more NIH employees amid HHS restructuring, officials say
The additional layoffs at the National Institutes of Health come less than a week after the initial wave of cuts in Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s restructuring.
www.cbsnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
it's like when a great white shark bites one of your limbs off, lets you bleed out for a bit, and then comes back for the kill
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A permanent injection in indirect cost case. The “NIH” rule change violated administrative procedures act. Appeal to come.
A ruling on Friday sets up the next chapter of the legal battle between the Trump administration and stakeholders in academic research.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/04/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/04/n...
Federal judge issues permanent injunction on Trump cuts to research overhead payments
A ruling on Friday sets up the next chapter of the legal battle between the Trump administration and stakeholders in academic research.
www.statnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A permanent injection in indirect cost case. The “NIH” rule change violated administrative procedures act. Appeal to come.
As DOGE is cutting budgets and firing people left and right, yet another new federal government contract for Elon Musk's SpaceX
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Exclusive: SpaceX, ULA expected to clinch multibillion-dollar contract in key Pentagon launch program
Elon Musk's SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a U.S. Space Force rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive satellites into space over the next several years, according to two people familiar with the procurement decision.
www.reuters.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
As DOGE is cutting budgets and firing people left and right, yet another new federal government contract for Elon Musk's SpaceX
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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More from Peter Marks on RFK Jr and the FDA
This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
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This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
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Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.
www.wsj.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
More from Peter Marks on RFK Jr and the FDA
This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
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This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
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🚨 BIG week for lawsuits against the NIH.
Now 16 states have sued NIH and HHS for "engag[ing] in a concerted, and multi-pronged effort to disrupt NIH’s grants."
"The result of these disruptions has been, in a word, devastating," they write.
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Now 16 states have sued NIH and HHS for "engag[ing] in a concerted, and multi-pronged effort to disrupt NIH’s grants."
"The result of these disruptions has been, in a word, devastating," they write.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Cutting Funding for Medical Research
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 15 other attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its
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April 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚨 BIG week for lawsuits against the NIH.
Now 16 states have sued NIH and HHS for "engag[ing] in a concerted, and multi-pronged effort to disrupt NIH’s grants."
"The result of these disruptions has been, in a word, devastating," they write.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Now 16 states have sued NIH and HHS for "engag[ing] in a concerted, and multi-pronged effort to disrupt NIH’s grants."
"The result of these disruptions has been, in a word, devastating," they write.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
From "Buy Starlink" to "Bye, Starlink"
Bye, Starlink.
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
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* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
From "Buy Starlink" to "Bye, Starlink"
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This work was funded by.........NIH
April 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This work was funded by.........NIH