Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US

<p>President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>’s planned cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) not only threaten essential biomedical research in the US, but the livelihoods of researchers – and some are seriously considering leaving the country.</p><p>A 27 <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25506191-omb-memo-1-27/">January memo</a> from the Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause funding allocations to ensure they serve <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s goals, including “ending ‘wokeness’ and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-nih-funding-scientists">Continue reading...</a>