The Trump administration is significantly reducing NIH funding for research areas deemed misaligned with its priorities, particularly targeting studies on vaccine hesitancy. Amid a measles outbreak and falling vaccination rates, over 40 related grants have been cancelled. Initial cuts focused on LGBTQ+ health, but the recent shift raises concerns about broader impacts on public health research. An email obtained by NPR confirmed these terminations, highlighting a policy change discouraging investigation into vaccine hesitancy, which many experts feel is crucial for improving public health and immunization levels.
"I want to underscore just how unprecedented - how abnormal all of this is," one longtime NIH official told NPR. "This is not how we operate."
An email circulated among NIH leadership this week included a list of grants that were to be terminated and details on the specific language to use in those notices.
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