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Universities grapple with Trump cuts to cancer research |
Cancer research has become an unintended casualty of the Trump administration's broad cuts to research grants and its fight with higher education, with researchers worried it'll take decades to recover if something doesn't change. | Experts fear four years of these sorts of attacks will take decades to recover from and stall the progress of treatments, even as cancer rates rise. The slash to cancer research comes after former President Biden, who revealed he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer this week, aimed for major medical advancements through his "Cancer Moonshot" initiative. "I see a large number of people who should be at the great universities over the next 10-15 years trying to figure out how to bail out right now, and I'm afraid we're going to lose a generation of America's best researchers, and that's going to be a huge setback for us," said Otis Brawley, an expert in cancer prevention and control at Johns Hopkins University. Studies are getting hit on multiple fronts, particularly at schools being targeted by the administration due to alleged inaction on antisemitism or an unwillingness to meet President Trump's demands. The president of Harvard University, which is suing over its cuts, has warned numerous times the billions of dollars in funding frozen will significantly affect medical advancements. In March, Harvard announced a hiring freeze amid the financial uncertainty under Trump. And along with the school-specific funding blocks, cancer research grants have been affected by cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). An analysis in JAMA earlier this month found the NIH alone cut almost $1.5 billion in funding in less than 40 days. Read more from The Hill's Lexi Lonas Cochran here. |
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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The U.S. health care system is ill-prepared to treat pregnant patients and their infants who have endured the impacts of wildfire smoke exposure, a new study finds. Many residents of communities prone to the proliferation of wildfire smoke lack geographic access to the treatments they might need, according to the study, published in the American Public Health Association’s Medical Care journal. “The … |
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New Jersey officials warned of "potential exposures" to measles after a new case was identified in a non-state resident who was infectious while attending a Shakira concert at MetLife Stadium last week. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) issued a statement on Tuesday telling residents "to be aware of the symptoms of this highly contagious virus and to ensure they are up to date with the measles, mumps, and rubella … |
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The co-author of a new book about the end of the Biden administration suggested even some of former President Biden's close allies have raised suspicions about the timing of the former president's cancer diagnosis. "Of the diagnosis, I would say that even people — and my reporting with my colleague Marc Caputo says — even people that worked for Joe Biden in Joe Biden's White House are suspicious of whether or not it is coincidental … |
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A MESSAGE FROM THE COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE |
We need Medicaid for a healthy America. |
Tell Congress: Don't Cut Medicaid for America's Children and Families. Medicaid helps keep more than 30 million children across America healthy, covering regular check ups and so much more. Learn more. |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- In El Paso, measles is infecting more adults than children (The Texas Tribune)
- Her miscarriage showed the limits of California's abortion protections. Where you live matters (The Mercury News)
- Massachusetts officials are scrambling to stem the wave of older adults losing their homes (the Boston Globe)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Federal cuts become 'all consuming' at Harvard's public health school (The New York Times)
- Tornadoes can cause breathing problems even after they are gone (STLPR)
- LGBTQ+ researchers sue HHS, NIH over grant cuts (Stat)
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A federal judge chided the Department of Justice (DOJ) during a Wednesday hearing where he agreed to dismiss a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor … Read more |
| President Trump’s meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took an unexpected turn Wednesday when Trump showed a video filled with … Read more |
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