There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

This sucks on so many levels. I'm so sorry you've had to go through it. Thanks very much for sharing your story.

🤦🏽‍♀️ The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has now set its sights on cutting foreign subawards, with a new policy effective immediately.

🚨 NIH issued a major update yesterday.

🚦Foreign sub-awards can no longer be included under parent NIH awards starting September 30, 2025.

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💔💔💔 How do the people from this administration sleep at night?

“The researchers from Oxford University and elsewhere found that half a million additional children will die of AIDS in the next 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and nearly 3 million more African children will be orphaned by AIDS.”

Photo of NIH-relevant text from HHS restructuring proposal, with headings "Eliminated Institutes and Centers" and "Institute and Center Reorganization."

Hopefully this never passes, but here's the NIH-relevant section from Trump's leaked HHS restructuring budget proposal, showing which institutes end up where. Later they note a 15% cap on indirect costs. The full document is a depressing read.

Good to see Rutgers and Georgetown supporting this effort.

Lots of liberal arts colleges and Catholic universities.

Ivies remain AWOL. Embarrassing.

Primatologist eyes only: Miss Waldron's red dire colobus

in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list

Rescinded NIH & NSF Grants

Substantial updates to the list of cancelled grants👇

- THANK YOU to all who have contributed. Crowdsourcing restores faith in humanity.

- It's still a work in progress. You'll see more updates shortly.

- There are multiple teams & efforts engaged in tracking & advocacy. More to come soon!

I went to a tuberculosis event in Philly since the NYC one was sold out and joked to my husband beforehand that the audience would probably do the E-A-G-L-E-S chant and THEY ACTUALLY DID. @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

News from the Lab - Spring 2025 What the Bergey Lab has been doing lately

Our lab now has a newsletter! Subscribe to hear about the science we're doing amid the chaos, plus general evolutionary biology news. open.substack.com/pub/bergey/p...

They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag.

Clever signs at science rally

More clever signs! And Annika at top right being loud

Signs from #standupforscience in New Jersey (photos by K. Goodrich). Plus a bonus image of me being a loud little lady. 😝

navy blue background with white text that says "3 days until we stand up for science"

On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.

Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

Stand up for Science rally March 7th noon-2pm Trenton, NJ State Capitol Plaza standupforscience2025.org

It’s happening, New Jersey! It’s time to rally for science!

"...the goal is not to reform the NIH. It is not to make it better. It is not to make it more efficient at reaching its goals, per se. The goal is to get revenge on the NIH for the Covid response, to get revenge on liberal eggheads, to cast doubt upon facts and knowledge..."