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Special Report: How Trump's first 100 days have roiled health and science

April 26, 2025
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Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health

It's hard to remember all the earthshaking decisions and events that have transpired with unprecedented speed in the first few months of the Trump administration. We're tracking, day by day, what's happened in the worlds of science and health. Read more.

By Usha Lee McFarling



Karagh Byrne for STAT

Trump's first 100 days, seen through 5 lives: Grants terminated. Dreams crushed. Futures in the balance

Over the past few months, STAT has been speaking with people living through the historic disruptions that are threatening the future of biomedical research in America. These are their stories. Read more.

By STAT staff


The NIH campus in Bethesda, MarylandNational Institutes of Health

NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump's first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles

The biggest shortfalls have hit the study of infectious diseases, heart and lung ailments, and basic research into fundamental biological systems, a new STAT analysis has found. Read more.

By Megan Molteni, J. Emory Parker, and Jonathan Wosen


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