US EditionStudy: NIH cuts affected more than 74,000 people
Cuts to National Institutes of Health funding have impacted over 74,000 research participants enrolled in U.S. experiments, according to a recent report.
- On Monday, a report found the Trump administration's cuts to NIH affected over 74,000 research participants, according to Grant Witness and New York reporting.
- The cuts totaled about $3 billion in remaining funds and targeted DEI initiatives, environmental protection, vaccine-hesitancy projects, and public health, with over 3,800 NIH and NSF grants frozen or terminated.
- Specific grants show concentrated losses, including the largest NIH grant hit freezing $77 million for Northwestern University’s Lurie Cancer Center and about $700 million cut from over 1,300 NSF grants.
- The cuts disrupted research across agency areas, causing ripple effects, while coordination hubs lost support, affecting collaboration among researchers and community groups.
- NIH holds about $2.3 billion in unspent funds across nearly 2,500 affected grants, though Grant Witness cautions reporting delays and possible restorations may affect accuracy.
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The Billings Gazette
Study: NIH cuts affected more than 74,000 people
NEW YORK — More than 74,000 people enrolled in experiments were affected so far by the Trump administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health’s funding, according to a report published Monday.
The abrupt shutdown of funding for hundreds of clinical trials in the United States leaves more than 74,000 participants in uncertainty and reveals the deep gaps between policy decisions and the imperatives of medical research.
DAILY DOSE: NIH Grant Cuts Leave 74,000 Clinical Trial Patients in Limbo; World’s Oldest RNA Found in Woolly Mammoth Raises Pathogen Questions.
NIH Grant Cuts Leave 74,000 Clinical Trial Patients in Limbo A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that the Trump administration’s decision to terminate billions in NIH grants abruptly disrupted about 1 in every 30 NIH-funded clinical trials this year. Between February 28 and August 15, support was pulled from 383 trials out of 11,008, affecting more than 74,000 enrolled patients. Infectious disease studies were hit hardest, with over 14% …
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