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Exclusive: NSF suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

January 31, 2025
Julia Van Etten, an NSF fellow, didn't get her paycheck on Tuesday.
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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

A National Science Foundation payment system remained offline Thursday despite the lifting of the Trump administration funding freeze

By Eric Boodman


CDC removal of databases on sexual orientation, gender identity sparks alarm

Researchers say the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System, one of the largest nationally representative such surveys, provided vital insights.

By Theresa Gaffney


STAT+ | RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email that praised HHS freeze, two days after claiming his campaign doesn't exist

RFK Jr. incorrectly told senators that his presidential campaign no longer existed, before walking back those remarks.

By Isabella Cueto



March for Science organizers (from left) Jonathan Berman, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Joanna Spencer-Segal, and Valorie Aquino.
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STAT+ | Trump's first term birthed the March for Science. Where are the science activists now?

The March for Science was hailed as a generational shift in how scientists saw their public role. But now, their advocacy is more muted

By Anil Oza


Opinion: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to lead HHS

RFK Jr. is uninformed on health care financing, wrong on vaccines, wrong on chronic disease causes and has inadequate management experience.

By Georges C. Benjamin


CAR-T cells can arm other immune cells with engineered proteins to fight cancer, study says

Researchers found that bioengineered CAR-T cells when mixed with other immune cells can "donate" proteins, suggesting possible new avenues for therapies.

By Angus Chen


Xavier Becerra, health secretary in the Biden administration, approved eight new candidates to the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices in the runup to his departure from office.
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With little fanfare, Biden administration stacked vaccine advisory committee with new members

The burst of activity could, in theory, make it more difficult for the Trump administration to shape the panel with its own appointees.

By Helen Branswell and Sarah Owermohle


STAT+ | RFK Jr. is giving his son any fees he earns from Gardasil vaccine litigation

RFK Jr. said he would give up the fees after senators questioned him about the lawsuits in a pair of hearings.

By John Wilkerson


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