The National Institutes of Health funds research, but some scientists fear that funding may be pulled or paused by the Trump administration.

A new memo by NIH Acting Director Matthew Memoli, obtained by Forbes, clarifies what can and can’t be done with regard to clinical trials, purchasing, research and the like.

Trump has frozen all travel and communications at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the CDC and the National Institutes of Health

The Trump administration is freezing all National Institutes of Health research grants, potentially throwing sand into a multibillion-dollar motor of the Bay Area economy.

The freeze, even if it ends up only lasting a few weeks, would hit St. Louis particularly hard. In addition to WashU, St. Louis is home to a burgeoning bioscience and biotechnology sector that includes dozens of firms that rely on federal research funding.

Experts in every field of medical research gather at meetings to decide which topics and projects are most deserving of funds.

In a scathing letter to the Senate ahead of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings to become Secretary of Health and Human Services, Biden administration ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy has described her cousin as a hypocritical “predator” who is unqualified for the job and “addicted to attention and power.”

The Trump administration continues its deluge of executive orders that directly affect science and research, just days after being sworn in. Following the executive orders (EOs) taking the United States out of the Paris Agreement and World Health Organization and the scientific nonsense in the EO on trans and non-binary people,

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

“Improving maternal care is not a red or blue issue. It’s an American issue,” Senator Britt said.

Caroline Kennedy urged senators to reject her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as President Donald Trump’s nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, calling him a “predator.”

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