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Comment: In slashing ‘overhead,’ cuts for NIH put health at risk
The Trump administration has targeted $4 billion in cuts to “indirect” costs for NIH research grants. Those funds, typically known as overhead, help cover the facilities and support that enable ...
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What happens when billions of dollars in research funding goes away
Federal funding from the National Institutes of Health has driven the biomedical research industry in cities across America ...
How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage ...
Jasmine Crockett Gets 'Perfectly Honest' With Red States: 'They Are About To Find Out'
The Texas Democrat called out conservatives who "fail to realize" how the Trump administration is dragging them to the "find ...
Tennessee's health care, university leaders express 'grave concern' over research cuts
The state's leading research hospitals and universities are urging the state's congressional delegation to intervene.
Hundreds rally against firing of federal workers, emphasizing threats to public health
Hundreds of current and former federal employees rallied Wednesday outside the Department of Health and Human Services ...
Tennessee leaders raise alarm that NIH spending cap will hamstring medical research
Direct costs, on the other hand, cover the core project expenses: salaries, equipment and travel, for example. The NIH said the average indirect costs for research grants is about 27%, ...
Senate passes bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build second mega prison
A bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build a second 4,000-bed prison was approved by the Alabama Senate.
The Latest: Justice Department official urges quick dismissal of criminal case against NYC mayor
The Justice Department’s second-in-command demanded that a judge dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric ...