The administration's reorganization of the US Forest Service is a misnomer. They are eviscerating the FS, getting rid of most of their research stations and severely decreasing the number of FS employees. It is a disaster.
The CDC has paused testing for rabies and monkey pox because of the decrease in qualified scientists who assist state labs.
Another reason to change the administration of HHS and CDC
Bhattacharya said that Forward Funding was scientifically justified to support new investigators who needed front loaded funds to build labs. In 2025 new investigators fell to 19% from 26%. And forward funding led to 2000 less grants- was it worth it?
Jerry Kaplan@thejer45.bsky.social Jim O’Neil was the acting director of the CDC and was responsible for much of the chaos that happened there. Currently, he is ‘Trump’s candidate for head of the NSF. This is an example of Trump appointing an unqualified person for a scientific job .
