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Deadly Kentucky tornado that killed 14 people tracked by weather office struggling with staffing cuts that eliminated overnight shifts at many National Weather Service locations.

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U.S. measles cases surge to 1,024 across 30 states as CDC reports 13% hospitalization rate despite disease being preventable with vaccination.

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National Weather Service seeks internal transfers to fill 155 vacancies as Houston office loses all management and Kansas facility ends 24/7 operations, but hiring freeze remains.

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Trump’s surgeon general nominee promoted psychedelic therapy and credited mushrooms with helping her find love.

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Musk secures Saudi approval for Starlink while promoting Tesla ventures during Trump-led investment trip.

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USDA restores climate and conservation content after lawsuit over Trump purge that removed key farm support tools from public websites.

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EPA tells 1,500 scientists in Office of Research and Development to apply for new agency jobs after Trump administration reorganization targets their positions.

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National Science Foundation eliminates equity division and cancels 73 more grants.

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NOAA to discontinue weather disaster database as Trump administration cuts agency resources.

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FDA holds talks with OpenAI about using AI in drug evaluations, using cderGPT project.

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HHS to launch autism data platform after backlash over registry plan.

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Columbia will lay off nearly 180 researchers after Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal grants.

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EPA plans to shut down Energy Star efficiency label program in Trump‑driven agency reorganization.

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FDA names COVID policy critic Vinay  Prasad to lead vaccines division after former chief quit amid RFK Jr. clashes.

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Trump administration ends CDC infection control panel, halting updates to national hospital guidelines.

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Trump administration halts funding for ‘gain-of-function’ research that alters viruses.

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Researcher who pushed hydroxychloroquine during pandemic returns to HHS in Trump administration.

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Trump EPA dismantles science office, reshuffles 1,500 staff in major reorganization.

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Trump budget slashes NIH, CDC, and chronic disease programs in sweeping cuts to public health and research.

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RFK Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine contains fetal tissue and asks CDC for vitamin-based treatments.

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House Republicans vote to block California’s clean air waivers and revoke Biden-era vehicle rules in legally dubious move.

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Kennedy halts Ebola and deadly virus research at top federal lab.

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Kennedy redirects $500 million in COVID funds to launch universal vaccine project with placebo testing mandate.

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“Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina offers webinar on influencing health policy this Friday.

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HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges parents to “do your own research” on vaccines, despite overseeing the nation’s vaccine safety.

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Trump administration disbands U.S. climate report authors, threatening congressionally mandated national assessment.

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Trump administration slows Covid vaccine approvals by requiring new trials and shifting FDA standards.

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HHS reverses course, restores funding for landmark Women’s Health Initiative women’s-health study after backlash

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USDA withdraws Biden-era proposal to cap salmonella in raw poultry products.

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Education Department investigates UC Berkeley for failing to disclose Chinese funding tied to Tsinghua research institute.

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NSF terminates 400 active grants tied to DEI and misinformation, citing new Trump-era priorities.

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NIH to launch autism registry and share private medical data for RFK Jr.’s study criticized as stigmatizing and unfounded.

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Harvard sues Trump administration over $2.2 billion funding freeze tied to campus freedom of speech.

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Montana confirms first measles cases in 30+ years; health officials hope high vaccination rates will limit spread.

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RFK Jr. suggests compensating families of people with severe autism, saying his comments apply to 25% and linking the condition to environmental toxins.

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Trump administration to cut another $1 billion from Harvard health research funding after university rejects White House demands.

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Trump replaces COVID data website with page blaming Fauci and China, deletes info on vaccines and treatment.

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Top NIH nutrition researcher retires early over censorship under RFK Jr.’s leadership at HHS.

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Trump officials move to gut endangered species protections by redefining “harm” to exclude habitat destruction.

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Trump admin proposes 30% cut to health budgets, slashing HIV prevention, mental health care, and chronic disease programs.

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Commerce Department opens national security probe into pharma imports, setting up potential tariffs.

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Miami-Dade mayor vetoes fluoride ban, defying RFK Jr. and Trump-aligned health officials.

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Trump plan halves NASA science, shutters Goddard, and cancels Mars and Venus missions.

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RFK Jr. claims measles is plateauing as cases double last year’s total, top 700, and spread to six states with three dead.

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Kennedy says HHS autism probe will identify cause by September, echoing debunked vaccine claims.

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Trump signs orders to revive U.S. coal industry, mandate new plants, and reclassify coal as a critical mineral despite its role in climate change and extreme weather.

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RFK Jr. plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, echoing Utah ban and triggering EPA review.

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Trump administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers.

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Peer-reviewed study last week shows NIH cancer breakthrough helping 1 in 4 patients, but Trump-era layoffs are delaying treatment rollout.

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NIH plans new autism research as Trump and Kennedy revive vaccine skepticism.

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Top Trump FDA official pauses Novavax Covid-19 vaccine approval in rare intervention overriding staff scientists.

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The day after firing 2,400 workers, Trump administration orders CDC to cut $2.9 billion in contracts, slashing 35 percent of outside spending.

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Judge slams EPA and Citibank over $20 billion green grant freeze, questions legality of Trump-aligned shutdown targeting nonprofits.

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Scientists and labor unions sue NIH over Trump-era purge of DEI, vaccine, and Covid research, citing $2.4 billion in canceled grants.

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Trump appointee puts entire staff of federal library and museum agency on leave after DOGE takeover.

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Trump move threatens to eliminate NIST spectroscopy group, putting global atomic data used in fusion, astronomy, and medicine at risk.

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Disgraced anti-vaccine activist who has falsely posed as physician is hired by Trump’s HHS to “prove” debunked autism link using CDC data.

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Trump administration told researchers to cut sexual orientation data from rural smoking study, prompting withdrawal from federally published health journal.

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French scientist denied U.S. entry after CBP flagged private messages criticizing Trump’s science cuts.

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Trump’s EPA moves to eliminate science research office, cut 1,000+ experts, critics call it illegal

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NIH removes Fauci from scientist mural despite his five-decade role leading HIV and COVID efforts.

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NOAA, the agency for weather, oceans, and fisheries, faces a second round of 1,000 layoffs, bringing total job losses to 25%.

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NASA eliminated 23 senior positions, including its Chief Scientist, and closed an office studying space and tech policy.

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