US EditionTrump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says
- A Senate HELP Committee minority staff report authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders reveals that during the first quarter of 2025, the Trump administration reduced National Institutes of Health research funding by $2.7 billion.
- The report attributes these cuts to a Trump administration restructuring and funding review of the Department of Health and Human Services, which consolidated 28 agencies into 15 new divisions and imposed new compliance rules.
- The funding reductions paused or canceled grants supporting cancer, cardiovascular, infectious disease, mental health, neurology, and maternal health research, and involved removing over 300 public health datasets from federal websites.
- The report describes the administration's policies as a "war on science" that could reduce progress in treating illnesses such as cancer and undermine the country's ability to effectively respond to upcoming infectious disease challenges, while also highlighting a 31% decrease in cancer research funding from January to March.
- The report calls on lawmakers, researchers, and citizens to oppose the funding reductions due to worries about decreasing public confidence and worsening health outcomes, while HHS representatives defend the departmental reorganization as a move toward more efficient and evidence-driven science.
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First on CNN: Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says
A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain scientific data from government websites.
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