A US NIH research facility has been ordered by the Trump administration to stop studies on infectious diseases by April 29. These include critical research on Lassa fever, SARS-Cov-2, and Eastern equine encephalitis, which are essential for public health responses. The facility, located at Fort Detrick, is one of the few BSL-4 labs capable of high-level containment research. Researchers express concerns about the significant sacrifices made in halting such vital studies. Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security have been involved in locking down high-containment labs.
The sacrifice to research is immense, says Gigi Kwik Gronvall, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, emphasizing the critical impact of halting these studies.
An email from Michael Holbrook indicates that the lab is terminating studies on Lassa fever, SARS-Cov-2, and Eastern equine encephalitis, crucial for public health.
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