Trump reportedly seeks to put a major part of U.S. health-research funding under his political appointees’ control
An NEJM essay suggests attacks on biomedical science will subside. Reuters, citing Politico, reports that Trump is seeking to put a major part of health-research funding under his political appointees’ control.
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Reuters, citing Politico, reports that President Donald Trump is seeking to bring a major part of national health-research funding under his political appointees’ control.
An essay in the New England Journal of Medicine offers a more optimistic outlook for biomedical science: it says history and recent events suggest the attacks will subside. The essay also argues that the past 20 months of turmoil have inflicted lasting damage on American science and public health.
