Anita
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The FDA has removed webpages about diversity and inclusion in clinical trials for cancer drugs. www.npr.org/sections/sho... 10/12
The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website
A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The FDA has removed webpages about diversity and inclusion in clinical trials for cancer drugs. www.npr.org/sections/sho... 10/12
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As part of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022, Congress mandated that the National Science Foundation appointed a diversity officer to broaden participation in science. Trump had the post eliminated. www.science.org/content/arti... 9/12
Trump’s shutdown of federal diversity office at NSF breaks law that created it
CHIPS and Science Act established position to broaden participation in science
www.science.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
As part of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022, Congress mandated that the National Science Foundation appointed a diversity officer to broaden participation in science. Trump had the post eliminated. www.science.org/content/arti... 9/12
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The National Science Foundation canceled all of its grant review panels this week. www.npr.org/sections/sho... 8/12
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The National Science Foundation canceled all of its grant review panels this week. www.npr.org/sections/sho... 8/12
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Yet another result of the silence is that a medical journal was forced to pull a paper written by Health and Human Services employees. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... 7/12
'This is censorship': Trump freeze on communications forces medical journal to pull HHS authors' article
The article had to be pulled even though HHS Office of Research Integrity officials gave a public talk on the topic last fall
www.statnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Yet another result of the silence is that a medical journal was forced to pull a paper written by Health and Human Services employees. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... 7/12
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Another result of this silence is that federal influenza updates are lagging. Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers dug up data for all 50 states. And look at that: what seemed like a fall from a January peak turns out to be a rebound. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/outbreak-o... 6/12
Outbreak Outlook - National - Jan 27
Flu defies my expectations by making a comeback
caitlinrivers.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Another result of this silence is that federal influenza updates are lagging. Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers dug up data for all 50 states. And look at that: what seemed like a fall from a January peak turns out to be a rebound. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/outbreak-o... 6/12
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Health and Human Services has shut down most of its communications. No new studies at the National Institutes of Health can be launched. www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/n... 5/12
NIH clarifies restrictions on staff after Trump's broad freeze sparked chaos
Ongoing clinical trials can continue, and scientists can keep publishing their findings, a memo shows.
www.statnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Health and Human Services has shut down most of its communications. No new studies at the National Institutes of Health can be launched. www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/n... 5/12
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The entire leadership of USAID’s bureau for global health has been put on leave. www.politico.com/news/2025/01... 4/12
Top USAID career staff placed on immediate leave
“This is like taking out all the generals,” said a former Trump administration official informed of the decision.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The entire leadership of USAID’s bureau for global health has been put on leave. www.politico.com/news/2025/01... 4/12
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Now that the US is leaving the World Health Organization, CDC workers have been ordered to stop working with the agency. This will interrupt work on outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox, among many other diseases. apnews.com/article/cdc-... 3/12
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
apnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Now that the US is leaving the World Health Organization, CDC workers have been ordered to stop working with the agency. This will interrupt work on outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox, among many other diseases. apnews.com/article/cdc-... 3/12
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The PEPFAR program, which distributes HIV drugs, is estimated to have saved 25 million lives. The Trump administration has stopped it and taken its computer system offline, raising fears the program is done for good. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social [Gift link] nyti.ms/4aCJHSx 2/12
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The PEPFAR program, which distributes HIV drugs, is estimated to have saved 25 million lives. The Trump administration has stopped it and taken its computer system offline, raising fears the program is done for good. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social [Gift link] nyti.ms/4aCJHSx 2/12