Tag: National Institutes of Health
Nature’s guide to what’s next was the subject of a number of lawsuits
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reportedly terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to whole scientific fields. The analysis by Nature said that 17% of the terminated research projects were related to COVID-19 and 29% to HIV/AIDS. Scientists have accused NIH and the White House of “arbitrary and capricious” actions.
Read MoreThe Trump team withdrew millions of dollars for addiction and mental health care
US President Donald Trump’s administration has cut 20,000 jobs in the Health and Human Services (HHS) department, as it restructures the department. The department includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other smaller divisions.
Read MoreRFK Jr. was confirmed to be Trump’s health secretary
The US Senate has voted to confirm Ted Kennedy as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health. Kennedy told the Senate that he supported vaccines and believes that they have saved lives. Kennedy can do a lot on vaccines including appointing advisors.
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Citizen science can be used to increase the amount of big-data projects
Researchers have published the most complete wiring diagram of the fruit fly’s brain, which includes more than 145,000 nerve cells and over 50 million connections. “It could be used for larger connectome projects that the BRAIN Initiative is funding,” John Ngai, director of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative at US National Institutes of Health, said.
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