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How Climate Changes Are Impacting Infectious Diseases
The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...
NIH budget cuts threaten the future of biomedical research — and the young scientists behind it
NIH budget cuts are threatening key medical research programs, shrinking training grants, and leaving young researchers ...
NIH cuts study on disease that affects mostly Black patients, citing DEI, doctor says
A doctor says she’s scrambling to figure out how she’ll continue her work helping sickle cell disease patients after the ...
NIH cancels research grant for disease that affects mostly Black patients, citing DEI, doctor says
Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people in the U.S., and 90% of patients are Black, according to NIH.
STAT3d
Terminated NIH grants are being reinstated almost entirely in blue states
Researchers in Democratic congressional districts stand to have $2.1 billion in NIH grants reinstated, compared to $62 ...
Sickle cell researcher fights back, calling NIH grant termination "racist" and "discriminatory"
A researcher at Duke University, speaks out after her NIH grant for sickle cell research was terminated. The $750,000 funding ...
The Philadelphia Tribune5dOpinion
NIH dismantling harm marginalized communities
The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are drawing sharp criticism from ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)3d
Skilled scientists at these government agencies are quietly being let go, union reps say
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged that scientists are not part of his workforce reduction ...
The Washington Informer3d
NIH Defunds Study on Black Infant Prematurity in Broader Crackdown on DEI Research
Federal study on Black babies born prematurely in Detroit, focused on DEI, abruptly terminated by NIH, sparking concerns among health leaders.
Kenyan man wey police shoot during protests die afta dem declare am brain dead
One street vendor wey police shoot for head during protests two weeks ago don die, one day afta dem declare am brain-dead for ...
O-1 Visa vs. H-1B Visa: What’s the difference between the two
The O-1 and H-1B visas offer distinct pathways for foreign professionals seeking to work in the U.S. The O-1 caters to ...
The Lancet2d
A decade later, what have we learned from the Zika epidemic in children with intrauterine exposure?
Since the emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in 2014 and the associated novel sequalae that emerged, much has been learned about the effects of antenatal exposure to Zika virus. Zika virus in ...