{"id":2287,"date":"2025-05-14T11:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/first-on-cnn-trump-administration-cut-2-7-billion-in-nih-research-funding-through-march-senate-committee-minority-report-says\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:47:17","slug":"first-on-cnn-trump-administration-cut-2-7-billion-in-nih-research-funding-through-march-senate-committee-minority-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/first-on-cnn-trump-administration-cut-2-7-billion-in-nih-research-funding-through-march-senate-committee-minority-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"First on CNN: Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmalv93cu000r28p59zo661pj@published\" 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data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowj00053b6mwqksr0xw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee\u2019s minority staff report, scheduled to be released Tuesday and authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, says that in the first three months of this year, the Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in National Institutes of Health funding for research. That figure is much higher than some separate estimates that previously suggested targeted grant terminations have affected more than $1.8 billion in NIH funding.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowj000a3b6md80k9drn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The new report, which describes the Trump administration\u2019s actions as a \u201cwar on science,\u201d is based on analyses conducted by Senate HELP Committee minority Staff, involving NIH grant funding data as well as HHS self-reported spreadsheets and other sources.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmalvel7n001c3b6mpterc56j@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm93hfxph001h26qmdgnah4wy@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"still_21499769_150210_still.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21499769-150210-still.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Dr. Peter Marks appears on CNN on Friday, April 4.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">CNN<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Dramatic HHS cuts leave US \u2018weaker as a nation,\u2019 says top FDA vaccine official forced out under Kennedy<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowj00063b6m5rwhtvvu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The 15-page report warns that the administration\u2019s actions \u201cwill lead to fewer breakthroughs for diseases like cancer, a weaker public health response against future infectious disease threats, and a continued decline in trust in public institutions,\u201d and it calls for an end to the research funding cuts.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowj00073b6mqsz0ulrh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The committee is publishing the report the day before it will hold a hearing with US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to discuss President Donald Trump\u2019s proposed budget for the US Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2026.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000b3b6mggxtosfa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            One analysis finds that federal funding to support cancer research was cut 31% from January through March compared with the same timeframe last year.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000c3b6mdokqxamv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires,\u201d Sanders said in an emailed statement about the new report.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000d3b6m370gfaxc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cLet\u2019s be clear. Trump\u2019s war on science is not making America healthy again. It is making Americans and people throughout the world sicker,\u201d he said. \u201cThis must end. Congress, the scientific community, and the American people must stand up and fight back.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmalvdu2300193b6mvhtfrdzr@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm9swdxl9000q26qlap8f2esh@published\" class=\"image-elevate portrait image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Zahydie and Francisco in Alaska.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"1.3333333333333333\" data-original-height=\"2560\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/zahydie-and-francisco-in-alaska.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Francisco was diagnosed with early Alzheimer\u2019s at age 46. His wife Zahydie is now his caregiver. Here they are visiting Alaska, a destination on their bucket list.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Courtesy Zahydie L. Burgos Ribot<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Uncertainty around NIH funding leaves Alzheimer\u2019s studies in limbo<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000f3b6mh9pwusol@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            According to the new report, some of the canceled NIH grants were intended to support not only cancer research but Alzheimer\u2019s disease research, cardiovascular disease studies, diabetes science and infectious disease clinical trials.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000g3b6mjjbswftn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The categories of infectious disease, mental and behavioral health, neurology and aging, maternal and reproductive health, and cancer account for nearly $700 million of NIH funding that has been terminated, according to the new report.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000j3b6m3niy9cbb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The Trump administration has been conducting a restructuring of HHS as well as a review of funding, resulting in the abrupt pause or cancellation of some NIH research grants. Part of the restructuring involves consolidating the 28 agencies of HHS into 15 new divisions, including the new Administration for a Healthy America. The transformation of HHS also shifts the department\u2019s focus to addressing chronic diseases in the US.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmalvccqm00123b6mfv2apczl@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmabf6ttz000q26ph3dt2eeao@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2207186375.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.667\" data-original-height=\"1334\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2207186375.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; MARCH 27: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is seen on March 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Health and Human Services announced it is cutting 10,000 jobs and closing offices aimed at cutting $1.8 billion (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski\/Getty Images)<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Kayla Bartkowski\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">More than a dozen states, DC sue Trump administration over \u2018dismantling\u2019 of federal health agencies<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000k3b6mwlou9iqg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAt HHS, we are dedicated to restoring our agencies to their tradition of upholding gold-standard, evidence-based science. As we begin to Make America Healthy Again, it\u2019s important to prioritize research that directly affects the health of Americans,\u201d HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in an email. \u201cWe will leave no stone unturned in identifying the root causes of the chronic disease epidemic as part of our mission to Make America Healthy Again.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000h3b6mrhm6t0k6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Many of the NIH grant pauses and terminations have been tied to the Trump administration\u2019s orders for research and institutions to comply with its rules around diversity, equity and inclusion in order to receive federal funding. Just hours into his second term, Trump signed an anti-DEI mandate declaring diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and language to be discriminatory.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmalvi9o5001f3b6m54hyxdf6@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"concerns-around-staffing-data\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Concerns around staffing, data<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000m3b6mnfz4dy7u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The new Senate committee minority report also raises concerns about access to scientific data and reductions in HHS staffing.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000n3b6m8g9qd0k0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            An analysis in the report finds that, since January 20, at least 175 public health datasets from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s website and 135 datasets from a central HHS data portal have been deleted.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000o3b6m27p51xs4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In February, the organization Doctors for America filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking a temporary restraining order to restore websites and datasets. A judge granted the motion for a temporary restraining order, but Trump officials have added a disclaimer to the websites, \u201cfalsely suggesting the datasets are inaccurate,\u201d according to the new report.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmalvd0ve00153b6mwllfr7za@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm6lbkwsg000q2cnv484j6ty5@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"2014-09-30T120000Z_1315225813_GM1EAA10M0501_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-EBOLA-USA.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.639\" data-original-height=\"1917\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2014-09-30t120000z-1315225813-gm1eaa10m0501-rtrmadp-3-health-ebola-usa.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the country after flying from Liberia to Texas, in a new sign of how the outbreak ravaging West Africa can spread globally.  REUTERS\/Tami Chappell  (UNITED STATES &#8211; Tags: HEALTH)<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Tami Chappell\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">US health websites, datasets taken down as agencies comply with Trump executive orders<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000q3b6m1vvrlfhg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The report also notes that, based on public reports, \u201cat least 10,000 employees at HHS agencies have been terminated and an additional 10,000 have retired, quit, or been forced out by the administration.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000r3b6mddhgf5qt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            When plans for the restructuring of HHS were announced in late March, Kennedy described them as an effort to allow the department to do more at a lower cost to taxpayers.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmalvaowk000s3b6mv9bu48c0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe aren\u2019t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. 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