“‘It’s like they erased the problem,’ Dr. Slaughter-Acey said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
With Deep N.I.H. Cuts, Research Into Health Disparities Falters
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CPC Fellow Jaime Slaughter-Acey says health science research cuts put medical breakthroughs at risk. "What we're doing matters for every mom and baby in this country." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
DEI Health Research Cuts Put US Medical Breakthroughs at Risk
The Trump administration’s decision to cut roughly $2 billion in NIH grants have jeopardized future research, forcing scientists to think about how they’ll operate without the US government as a relia...
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CPC Fellow Jamie Slaughter-Acey says cuts to federal research funding are part of a larger pattern of political interference in science that puts the health of all people at risk. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected
Jaime Slaughter-Acey said it was ‘heartbreaking’ to discover her study on Black maternal health was cancelled after the Trump administration’s NIH cuts
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On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to grant them a stay on the Massachusetts vs Kennedy/ APHA vs NIH ruling. This decision will occur on the shadow docket, with no formal hearing.
As former faculty @umnsph.bsky.social and associated with both (@umnlifecourse.bsky.social & @minnpop.bsky.social) housed within the Institute for Social & Data Innovation, I highly recommend this #populationhealth #postdoc training opportunity! #episky
The race-based element of the research might have put it in the crosshairs of the White House's bid to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Federal grant for study of Detroit moms, babies pulled at halfway point
The race-based element of the research might have put it in the crosshairs of the White House's bid to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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The fact that we have to prove a human therapist provides better text-based CBT than ChatGPT is mind blowing. #AI should not be thought of as a replacement for people. #Humanity needs humans and humans need humanity‼️
Healthcare-Global@healthcare-global.bsky.social · last yr.
Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI
Thank you Usha for telling my story so beautifully in @statnews.com ❤️ #EpiSky #MedSky #BlackSky #publichealth #healthequity #StillIRise
Usha Lee McFarling@usha.bsky.social · last yr.I'm so proud of the work we've done at STAT these past months, and of this 100 days project we released today. I want to talk about two of the profiles I wrote.🧵 I'll start with an amazing researcher @drslaughter99.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...
Burden in Grace ( #contedrawing on toned paper) After #Rodin’s #FallenCaryatid Rodin’s sculpture speaks to physical & symbolic weight; My drawing explores the quiet, almost meditative #strength in the act of bearing. #artoftheday #sketchbook
I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
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American #history may be fraught with injustices, but also with far more brave Americans willing to stand up for #justice each and every time. Preserving our investment in #education is vital for continuing this legacy. 🇺🇸✊🏻 #academicsky #edusky #theresistance
Physicians for a Healthy Democracy@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · last yr.
In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action. I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated. #MedSky #EpiSky
Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Cris Delnevo@crisdelnevo.bsky.social · last yr.my word cloud on these titles (minus Columbia) - any patterns emerge?
🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies
250 people or so at Chuck Schumer's house this morning
Indivisible Brooklyn@bkindivisible.bsky.social · last yr.You know people are furious when they show up at an 8am protest at @schumer.senate.gov house. Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back! @indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
Yesterday I wrote about how Trump's "flagged" word list might block all of epidemiology, and some people complained discussing this was a distraction from bigger issues. But I think they're wrong. I think inclusiveness is fundamental to epidemiology, and without it we are dramatically limited.
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!
@schumer.senate.gov Why on earth are dems going along with this gop bill to fund the gov???? Y’all need to exercise your spins and vote no. #Liberties are worth fighting for! Trump, Elon and the gop are trampling all of it including the dems.
a cartoon of a man in a top hat standing in front of a gate with the letter s on it
ALT: a cartoon of a man in a top hat standing in front of a gate with the letter s on it
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Breaking News: Declaring that “we are at a crossroads in history,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said that European countries would increase military spending and assemble a coalition to defend Ukraine.
Trump News and Live Updates: E.U. Leader Calls for ‘Surge in Defense’ for Ukraine
After a summit of European leaders in London, Prime Minister Kier Starmer said a “coalition of the willing” would be assembled to defend Ukraine, but he did not name the countries expected to particip...
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I am PI on an R01 partnering with the VA. They do enormously important research and have vast data resources. But the VA system is not easy to navigate. Losing their skilled analysts and data techs would greatly impede work there.
Aidan Wright@aidangcw.bsky.social · last yr.NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan prospect.org/health/2025-...
PRAMS is the source of data for basically every effort to limit infant mortality and all the health dangers mothers face before and after birth. So a pretty big deal the Elon and Co decided to cancel the program.
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
"Merit" for me, but not for thee
I hope state DA’s are as quick to file a lawsuit over this racist policy using our education system to assert bigotry and #racism as they were about the feds freezing funds. This is a fight for #equity, #equality, #freedom, and #education @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...
Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs
The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities.
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Terrible news like this should be shared with a link even though it would be less likely to blow up. "The NCI, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, warned that about 330 employees who had been hired within the past year would be fired. Just under 10% the entire workforce"
The Unhinged Axe Falls on the National Cancer Institute and the Rest of NIH
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.