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South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.

17 juin 2025 à 00:01
The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug companies, too.

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In Johannesburg, the hallways of a once-bustling center of medical research have fallen silent.
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Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules

16 juin 2025 à 18:25
The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against racial minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. people and ordered the government to restore much of the funding.

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A researcher at the National Institutes of Health last year in Bethesda, Md.
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  • Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone
    West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while the United States is cutting global vaccination efforts.
     

Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone

13 juin 2025 à 16:45
West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while the United States is cutting global vaccination efforts.

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Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.

Kennedy Announces Eight New Members of C.D.C. Vaccine Advisory Panel

11 juin 2025 à 17:41
The appointments of at least two of the experts are likely to draw an uproar from pro-vaccine groups for their criticism of federal scientists and the Biden administration’s Covid vaccine policies.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington in May.

Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers

10 juin 2025 à 23:23
The health secretary cited financial conflicts, but a White House official and someone familiar with his thinking said he was also concerned about ties to Democrats.

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Robert F. Kennedy. Jr., the health secretary and a longtime critic of vaccines, during a House hearing last month.

Democrats Grill N.I.H. Leader on Cuts: Who Is Calling the Shots?

10 juin 2025 à 17:11
Senators criticized the head of the National Institutes of Health for not taking responsibility for Trump administration cuts to research funding.

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Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, at the White House last month.

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

31 mai 2025 à 00:01
With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.

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Dr. Raj Ladher, a professor at the National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India, with Ph.D. students.
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