Trump Administration's Science Funding Cuts Prompt Mass Exodus Concerns

Politics, economy and financial markets are in fibrillation due to the exits of Trump and his team of disturbing collaborators, who have and will have immediate, more or less controllable repercussions on the destiny of many countries. A literally global impact. However, the scientific community is also wondering about the inexorable medium-long term cascading effects that, alas, will continue well after Trump. The alarm has appeared in the most…

1,900 Leading Scientists Sound Alarm on Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science and Public Health

Speaking as individuals, about 1,900 elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (The National Academies) released an open statement to the American people today, a “SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated.” The warning comes at a critical time for science and public health, as the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator has been forced out and Health a…

Poll Finds That 75% of Scientists Are Thinking About Leaving the U.S.

More than 1,600 respondents reflected the chilling effect across research fields caused by the slashing of federal funding for universities and science agencies.

"No tariff, threat or border will stop the scientific talent we need so much." With these words the President of the Generalitat introduced...

CMAJ urges more Canadian health research amid cuts to U.S. health agencies

The Canadian Medical Association Journal is urging Canada to step up its research funding to fill a void expected to be left by deep cuts to health agencies in the United States.

American progress in peril

As the U.S.'s global lead is contested and competition for the world's top talent gets stiffer, the Trump administration is disrupting the system that has propelled the country.