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Eugenie Reich @eugenie-reich.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $15 million NIH grant fraud settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Center. This resolves a False Claims Act qui tam complaint that I filed on behalf of @sholtodavid.bsky.social in April 2024, with Gregg Shapiro as my co-counsel.
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Eugenie Reich & Gregg Shapiro Announce $15 Million NIH Grant Fraud Settlement (December 2025) Complaint Settlement Agreement Scientific Fraud in the 21st Century (Video Lecture) Sandia Nationa…
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 24/11/2025
If you were interested in this NYT piece from a couple of days ago, read our coverage of Epstein's links with Krauss and other scientists at BuzzFeed News from 2018 and 2019: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u... www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pete... www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pete...
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Celebrity Atheist Lawrence Krauss Accused Of Sexual Misconduct For Over A Decade
Lawrence Krauss is a famous atheist and liberal crusader — and, in certain whisper networks, a well-known problem. With women coming forward alleging sexual harassment, will his “skeptic” fanbase beli...
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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
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Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
life/work update: +1 baby, -1 job. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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I’m deeply sad to share I was laid off last week along with several fiercely talented journalists on the WSJ Health and Science team. I’m proud of the work I did at the Journal, especially my… | Nidhi...
I’m deeply sad to share I was laid off last week along with several fiercely talented journalists on the WSJ Health and Science team. I’m proud of the work I did at the Journal, especially my front-pa...
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Liz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
News 🚨: The much-anticipated autism report from RFK Jr.'s HHS will point to Tylenol during pregnancy, folate deficiency, among other possible causes of autism. With @nidhisubs.bsky.social Link👇 www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies
Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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
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Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies
Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure
Michael Schill is the latest university leader to depart during higher education turmoil.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...
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Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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
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CDC Turmoil Intensifies Ahead of RFK Jr. Hearing
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.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me -- by Susan Monarez www.wsj.com/opinion/robe... (gift link)
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Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me
I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 02/09/2025
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 · 01/09/2025
Letter from 9 former leaders of the CDC www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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Scott Kirsner @skirsner.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson — via @wsj.com + @nidhisubs.bsky.social www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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
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Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson
A strategy for wooing corporate partners offers a blueprint for schools confronting budget shortfalls after federal cuts to science research.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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 · 29/08/2025
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...
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Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson
A strategy for wooing corporate partners offers a blueprint for schools confronting budget shortfalls after federal cuts to science research.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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...
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Inside the C.D.C., a Growing Sense of Despair
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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:
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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.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"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." www.wsj.com/health/scien...
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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.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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...
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The Words Scientists Are Changing to Scrub Diversity from Research Grants
Researchers are amending descriptions of their work to keep federal funding and avoid getting flagged in the Trump administration’s push against DEI.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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.
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Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
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 · 21/08/2025
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
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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.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
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From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America
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.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
How an Impossible Journey to the U.S. Gave an Injured Boy From Gaza a New Chance www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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How an Impossible Journey to the U.S. Gave an Injured Boy From Gaza a New Chance
Doctors said 13-year-old Ibrahim Abuowda wouldn’t live after an explosion, but his mother wouldn’t give up.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
A prominent pediatrician group is recommending parents inoculate their young children against Covid-19 www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Leading Pediatrics Group Recommends Covid-19 Shots for Young Children, Differing from CDC
Under HHS’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CDC has altered its Covid-19 vaccine guidance for kids.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
“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
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Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gives $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center in Record Gift
Knight and his wife are making a record private gift to Oregon Health & Science University amid broader battles over public funding for higher education.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
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...
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After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t... from @statnews.com
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Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees
A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
As measles vaccination rates fall and infections rise, scientists are developing drugs they say could prevent or treat the disease in vulnerable and unvaccinated people www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
in which we learn the plural of "census" is not "censi" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Orders Census to Exclude Immigrants Living in the U.S. Illegally
Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally are included in calculations to apportion House seats.
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Rachana Pradhan @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — which cares for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases — has tumbled under the second Trump administration. My story based on interviews w/workers and gov’t docs kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care - KFF Health News
The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration...
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The University of California system agrees to negotiate with Trump after more than $500 million in federal research funds are frozen www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... by Sara Randazzo
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Trump Comes for Public Universities, With UCLA Now in His Sights
The University of California system agreed to negotiate with the president after more than $500 million in federal research funds were frozen.
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The U.S. voted against a United Nations resolution called "International Day of Hope" because of "diversity, equity and inclusion." -->climate action, abortion access, and text that's inclusive of transgender people: U.S. delegates have objected to all of it www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical wast...
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The GAO report cited @wsj.com @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social reporting that the OMB had paused new grants from NIH by a footnote in a funding document before reversing course last week www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research Funding
The administration halted and then restarted billions in new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
NEW: The Trump administration acted illegally when NIH delayed and canceled billions of dollars in grants to scientists earlier this year, a top government watchdog said www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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NIH Funding Delays Are Illegal, Government Watchdog Says
Canceled and delayed funds didn’t follow the Impoundment Control Act, the GAO found.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
"The entire structure of science could collapse if this is left unaddressed" www.wsj.com/science/scie... @reeserichardson.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social Luis Amaral on the impact of paper mills
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Scientific Journals Can’t Keep Up With Flood of Fake Papers
The source of the trouble is “paper mills,” businesses or individuals that charge fees to publish fake studies in legitimate journals.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Scientific Journals Can’t Keep Up With Flood of Fake Papers
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Scientific Journals Can’t Keep Up With Flood of Fake Papers
The source of the trouble is “paper mills,” businesses or individuals that charge fees to publish fake studies in legitimate journals.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Multi-year funding update. Here is a comparison of multi-year funded R01s for 2002-2025. There have been 57 4-year R01s funded in FY2025, all but one in July.
A bar graph showing fewer 2-year and 3-year R01s and more 4-year R01 awards for fiscal year 2025 compared with fiscal years 2022-2024.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Trump administration is blocking funding for public health programs run by the CDC, the latest push by the White House to withhold money already approved by Congress @nidhisubs.bsky.social and @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social‬ report for @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Blocks Funding for CDC Health Programs
The White House budget office recently reversed a decision to freeze about $15 billion in research funding for the NIH.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Trump administration is blocking funding for a swath of public health programs run by the CDC, the latest flashpoint in a push by the White House to withhold money already approved by Congress www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Blocks Funding for CDC Health Programs
The White House budget office recently reversed a decision to freeze about $15 billion in research funding for the NIH.
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Liz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
UPDATE: The pause was scrapped Tuesday evening after intervention by top White House officials. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research Funding
The administration halted and then restarted billions in new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Update: A Trump administration effort to block all funding that flows to outside health researchers was scrapped Tuesday evening after senior White House officials intervened www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research Funding
The administration halted and then restarted billions in new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The footnote puts a halt on roughly $15 billion in NIH funding www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
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Liz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
NEW The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year Chokes off billions in research funding Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
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Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The White House has put new limits on NIH awards to scientists, potentially restricting billions in grants www.wsj.com/politics/pol... New with @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social and Ken Thomas
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Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
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Liz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
NEW The Trump administration has put a halt on ALL new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health (Billions of $$), setting up a battle with lawmakers t.co/GEM6JmLCcG via me @nidhisubs.bsky.social and Ken Thomas
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
ICYMI: RFK Jr. plans to remove all members of USPSTF, the panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover "because he views them as too 'woke.'" www.wsj.com/health/healt... @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social reports
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
"The standoff is approaching a pivot point. Funds that expire in September have been held up, often without the required notification to Congress. Funds for the NIH, NASA, and foreign aid are among those at risk." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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GOP Senator Fights White House Over Billions in Frozen Funds
The lawmaker from Maine says the administration is pushing the limits of its constitutional authority in clawing back money approved by Congress.
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"The administration is in talks with several universities, including Cornell, Duke, Northwestern and Brown, the person familiar with the talks said, though it sees striking a deal with Harvard, America’s oldest university, as a key target."
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The deal that the Trump administration struck with Columbia on Wednesday is a blueprint for negotiations with other universities, a White House official said (Gift link) www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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Exclusive | White House Seeks Payments From Other Universities—Including Harvard—After Columbia Deal Sets Precedent
The Trump administration is in talks with several schools about future funding following allegations of antisemitism.
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