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Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies

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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · Sep 5

Exclusive: RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies. @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social and @nidhisubs.bsky.social report www.wsj.com/health/healt... via @WSJ

Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.

Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Sep 4

Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Michael Schill is the latest university leader to depart during higher education turmoil.

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Sep 4

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...

CDC Turmoil Intensifies Ahead of RFK Jr. Hearing

Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hundreds of current and former HHS employees have called on Health Secretary RFK Jr. to resign, as he prepares for scrutiny from Republican and Democratic senators www.wsj.com/politics/pol... by @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social Jennifer Calfas, and Sabrina Siddiqui

Hundreds of current and former Health and Human Services employees have called on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, as he prepares for scrutiny from Republican and Democratic senators.

Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Sep 4

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me -- by Susan Monarez www.wsj.com/opinion/robe... (gift link)

I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · Sep 2

From before the Labor Day holiday, ICYMI:
Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It.
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Sep 1

Letter from 9 former leaders of the CDC www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson

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Scott Kirsner @skirsner.bsky.social · Aug 30

Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson — via @wsj.com + @nidhisubs.bsky.social

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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · Aug 29

Georgia Tech has a strategy for wooing corporate partners. Other universities want in. @nidhisubs.bsky.social reports for #WSJScience www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... via @wsj.com

A strategy for wooing corporate partners offers a blueprint for schools confronting budget shortfalls after federal cuts to science research.

Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Aug 29

BREAKING: per email sent to agency staff NIH will _NOT_ reterminate the ~900 grants which were reinstated.

"[W]e would strongly recommend against re-terminating such grants, because it will likely be viewed as a reapplication of the now-vacated Challenged Directives."

After conferring with DOJ, we'd like to provide the following guidance on the implications of last week's Supreme Court's decision. First, the Challenged Directives identified in the Rite to adamante o tune romain verated and cannot be applied to the identified plaintiffs in the two cases going forward. Second, for any terminated grant that has nc already been reinstated, NIH may stop all work toward reinstating those few grants, if any. Third, for those grants reinstated by NIH in response to the June judgments, we would strongly recommend against re-terminating such grants, because it will likely be viewed as a reapplication of the now-vacated Challenged Directives. We would also refer you to the Acting General Counsel's attached 6/25/25 opinion on the legal risks in terminating awards for nonalignment with priorities at this time.
The Supreme Court's decision was an interim order while the cases proceed with the appeals of the phase 1 judgements before the First Circuit Court of Appeals. We will keep you posted on those proceedings. In the interim, please let us know if you have any questions.

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEW: As the Trump administration overhauls the way the government funds academic research, universities reshaping their budgets are turning to Georgia Tech for advice www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A strategy for wooing corporate partners offers a blueprint for schools confronting budget shortfalls after federal cuts to science research.

Inside the C.D.C., a Growing Sense of Despair

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Aug 28

After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low at the CDC

(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

Trump's SCOTUS appointees each shared alarming views in allowing NIH grant cuts

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW: Trump's SCOTUS appointees each shared alarming views in allowing NIH grant cuts.

Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett each wrote something in the shadow docket case — disturbing opinions in light of broader attacks on the rule of law.

Today, at Law Dork:

Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett each wrote something in the shadow docket case — disturbing opinions in light of broader attacks on the rule of law.

www.lawdork.com

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 25

"The first sentence of his grant summary included the word “diverse,” but that pertained to “diverse airborne toxicants."

Nurkiewicz finally got his renewed funding after he changed the phrase to “a large variety of airborne toxicants."

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Scientists Strip ‘Diversity’ Language From Research to Keep Federal Grants

Some researchers say NIH employees have told them to make the revisions in order to have funding renewed.

The Words Scientists Are Changing to Scrub Diversity from Research Grants

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 23

Scientists are removing words like “diverse” and “disparities” from hundreds of federal grant renewals to avoid getting flagged in the Trump administration’s focus on eliminating diversity www.wsj.com/health/scien...

Researchers are amending descriptions of their work to keep federal funding and avoid getting flagged in the Trump administration’s push against DEI.

Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Aug 21

Though RFK Jr. said he would add scientists to the HHS workforce, agencies have lost thousands of them, along with colleagues who those scientists depended on to dispatch checks, fix computers and order lab supplies, enabling them to do their jobs. Super important work by @propublica.org colleagues.

More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration for now to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in health research grants on topics the White House finds objectionable www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w Louise Radnofsky

Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Halt Funding for Some Research Grants

A lower court had found the administration violated the law by canceling work involving DEI, transgender and Covid issues, among others.

From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America

Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 20

From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America
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For working parents, the first five years of a child’s life are often the most financially draining. Explore this interactive map to see how costs vary across the U.S.

How an Impossible Journey to the U.S. Gave an Injured Boy From Gaza a New Chance

Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 19

How an Impossible Journey to the U.S. Gave an Injured Boy From Gaza a New Chance www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Doctors said 13-year-old Ibrahim Abuowda wouldn’t live after an explosion, but his mother wouldn’t give up.

Leading Pediatrics Group Recommends Covid-19 Shots for Young Children, Differing from CDC

Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 19

A prominent pediatrician group is recommending parents inoculate their young children against Covid-19 www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Under HHS’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CDC has altered its Covid-19 vaccine guidance for kids.

Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gives $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center in Record Gift

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 14

Only solution is to amputate

Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · Aug 14

“What do you say when somebody says they want to give you $2 billion?” Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes a record donation to cancer www.wsj.com/health/healt... w @realbachscore.bsky.social

Knight and his wife are making a record private gift to Oregon Health & Science University amid broader battles over public funding for higher education.

After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Aug 9

CDC workers were terrified as gunman shot at the agency’s headquarters yesterday.
Today they are still reeling from shock, fear — and rage.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...