Breaking: Key GOP senator calls for reversal of Trump's science cuts

America's hard-earned leadership in biomedical research shouldn't be taken for granted, Susan Collins says.

Log In    Subscribe BREAKING NEWS   GOP Senator Collins says Trump's layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research 'must be reversed' By John Wilkerson Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is rebuking the Trump administration for cutting federal biomedical research funding, cancelling grants, and laying off federal health department employees, and said the changes must be reversed.   "Proposed funding cuts and policy uncertainties threaten to destabilize our system and to cause the United States to lose its global leadership," she plans to say, according to prepared remarks for a Wednesday hearing. READ MORE Sign up for D.C. Diagnosis Washington never stops. Cut through the noise with our essential updates on health care politics and policy. Learn more. In Case You Missed It 8 possible indicators of how RFK Jr.'s HHS will handle vaccine policy By Helen Branswell Exclusive: No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director's claim By O. Rose Broderick Exclusive: NIH bans all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts By Anil Oza NIH announces six new acting institute directors, many of them filling posts of ousted predecessors By Jonathan Wosen Don't miss out on another STAT Investigation Unlock the world of health and medicine with a subscription to STAT+ Learn more STAT, 1 Exchange Place, Boston, MA ©2025, All Rights Reserved. I no longer wish to receive STAT emails Update Newsletter Preferences • Contact Us • Advertise with Us