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Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state

  • Iowa has the second-highest cancer incidence in the U.S., and rates are accelerating, according to Mark Burkhard, the director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa.
  • Bri McNulty was terminated from her job aimed at coordinating cancer-prevention efforts in Iowa, as reported by Kelly Wells Sittig, the executive director of the state cancer consortium.
  • Cuts to the CDC and NIH, initiated by the Trump administration, have led to significant job losses and funding reductions affecting health care in Iowa.
  • Experts warn that the funding cuts will reverse progress in cancer care and hurt communities that rely on research and treatment resources, emphasizing the economic toll of these changes.
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HKS Dean Weinstein Says Trump Orders Have Disrupted Research, ‘Upended’ Alumni Careers

Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy M. Weinstein wrote in a Thursday afternoon email to HKS affiliates that sweeping changes in Washington — including funding cuts and mass layoffs — would demand “introspection and action” from the school.

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The NIH Cuts Are Part Of An All-Out War On Higher Education

In a presidential administration with an unlimited capacity for chaos, colleges and universities have become targets of this early phase of right-wing assault. This is not so surprising: Many of the key political threads that comprise today’s Trumpism share an opposition to the academy and all it represents. Chris Rufo has presided over the dismantling of New College of Florida and succeeded in smuggling his bespoke interpretations of concepts l…

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Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state

Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.

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Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state - TPR: The Public's Radio

Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem. The post Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump’s cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.

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