“Could be disastrous”: Democrats sound alarm over Trump’s NIH suspending scientific research grants

Trump administration suspension for all contacts in National Institutes of Health Three Democrats in Maryland warned in Monday, warning against canceling grant review meetings that threaten scientific research throughout the country.

“We are writing to express our strong concerns about the procedures that have occurred in recent days that are likely to disrupt the rescue research that you are conducting and supported by the National Health Institutes (NIH),” messageIt was signed by Representative Jimmy Raskin, DMD, Senator Angela de Alsoprox, DMD, and Senator Chris van Holin, DMD. “Without a rapid corrective action, the consequences of more disorder may be disastrous for both medical progress in America and the ability of our comprehensive nation over the global stage.”

Last week, many scientists Expressed The Trump administration has stopped most of the operations in the National Health Institutes, which provide scholarships for scientific research in universities throughout the country. The suspension means that there is no research grant is reviewed; Experts have warned that even a short delay can hinder continuous studies and disobey the ability of the main research institutions to plan for the next year, as universities recognize their next tour of doctoral students. The national health institutes are also prohibited from employment amid government effort at the government level disinfection Federal employees are seen as unwanted in Trump.

The National Institutes of Health, based in Betisda, Maryland, has a budget of more than $ 47 billion and is a major engine for scientific research. However, it was targeted by conservatives, who generally oppose scientific research that reveal the extent of climate change or deal with questions related to sex and human sex. The project proposes 2025, the advanced right -wing policy agenda of the Trump administration, to replace the funding of NIH scientific research with a block grant to the states.

In addition to the National Health Institutes, the scientists informed that the National Science Corporation, a government agency, also disperses research financing, has also canceled activities.

In their letter, the Acting Director of the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, legislators in Maryland warn that Trump risks the inclusion of damage to the National Institutes of Health and the country as a whole.

“The National Institutes of Health attracts the brightest scientists, doctors, doctors, health care providers and other experts, but with these strokes broken to their mission and without moving forward, the national health institutes will not be able to realize their vital mission,” the letter said.