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More Americans are losing faith in health guidance--poll

Tue, 2025-04-29 20:37 — mike kraft

Greater share of US losing faith in health guidance, poll says - Roll Call Both parties say they’d like the CDC to prioritize preventing chronic disease and protecting against new viruses with pandemic potential. Lia DeGroot Roll Call

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US officials cancel science workshop on preventing human bird flu infections

Tue, 2025-04-29 20:30 — mike kraft

US CDC cancels science group workshop on preventing human bird flu infections

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on the event by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an email sent to one of the workshop presenters and seen by Reuters. ...

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Trump's draft budget reportedly proposes billions of cuts in health, child care and other domestic programs

Tue, 2025-04-29 09:47 — mike kraft

Trump's 2026 budget proposal plans billions in cuts, New York Times reported

President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut billions of dollars from programs that support child care, health research, education and housing in its fiscal 2026 budget proposal, the New York Times reported on Friday.

The plan would also hit community development and housing assistance and is being finalized by the White House's Office of Management and Budget, according to the report, which cited preliminary documents.

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Women's health research gets reprieve from Trump administration's proposed budget cuts

Mon, 2025-04-28 10:39 — mike kraft

Women's Health Initiative gets reprieve from HHS cuts The WHI is the largest and longest study of women's health funded by the National Institutes of Health. Tina Reed Axios

The Trump administration said it's reversing course on a plan to end funding for a decades-long study of women's health after outcry from the research community.

The Women's Health Initiative was threatened by funding cuts to clinical studies aimed at reducing cancer rates or studying hormone therapy in menopause. Despite the reprieve, researchers remain fearful about its future.

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Administration proposes cuts in HSS gun research despite continued injuries, deaths

Mon, 2025-04-28 10:25 — mike kraft

With future of gun research in question, new report finds US emergency departments see a firearm injury every 30 minutes | CNN Cuts from the US Department of Health and Human Services and proposed changes to the federal budget could threaten research that reveals these kinds of firearm injury patterns. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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U.S. drug costs could increase by $51 billion because of tariffs --industry sponsored study

Mon, 2025-04-28 09:30 — mike kraft

Exclusive: US pharma tariffs would raise US drug costs by $51 billion annually, report finds Trump has repeatedly threatened a 25% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. Maggie Fick Reuters

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NIH director says Trump's anti-DEI orders misunderstood and agency still supports research that advances health of minorities.

Tue, 2025-04-22 11:46 — mike kraft

NIH director calls Trump’s anti-DEI orders ‘misunderstood,’ downplays reorganization plans The NIH director asserted the agency remains committed to research that advances the health of minorities, despite Trump's anti-DEI orders Jonathan Wosen STAT

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Housing: 60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress renews funds

Mon, 2025-04-21 19:35 — mike kraft

60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that rental assistance for some 60,000 Americans fleeing homelessness or domestic violence will run out of money by the end of next year. AP News

... the program, Emergency Housing Vouchers, is running out of money — and quickly.

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Trump administration cuts lab dealing with sexually transmitted diseases as syphillis cases rise.

Mon, 2025-04-21 19:18 — mike kraft

Trump administration axes key STI lab amid dramatic rise in US syphilis cases Chaotic cuts to CDC hit expert leadership and programs that surveil, test and research sexually transmitted diseases The Guardian

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NIH considering halting all new research grants to half a dozen top universities.

Mon, 2025-04-21 12:46 — mike kraft

NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to top universities Universities whose NIH funding has been frozen may face further strain as the agency holds off awarding new grants to at least a half dozen of them, according to an internal email. Anil Oza STAT

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