Trump Calls for Crippling Cuts to Science Funding
What: Trump’s 2026 budget would cut NIH by 37% and consolidate key institutes.
Key Line: “NIH’s 27 institutes and centers would be merged into five ‘body system’ institutes.”
Once academic, now viral—this disinfectant may be the most powerful skin-safe cleanser yet.
A small increase in births among women in their 30s and 40s offsets younger declines.
Bladder-leak brand Poise proposes using pads for hormone testing in rural areas.
SWHR warns proposed Trump budget would slash NIH and CDC funding.
Meta-analysis finds prenatal cannabis use raises risks of preterm and low birth weight.
Drew Altman breaks down the real-world consequences of Kennedy’s sweeping HHS overhaul.
Young women now outpace young men in binge drinking, a reversal from previous years.
New Yorker review highlights how fetal rights are becoming the next legal front.
NIH, NSF, and women’s health research all targeted in proposed budget.
Vox explores new science to delay menopause—and whether we should.
Study finds real increases in maternal mortality, especially post-COVID, even accounting for reporting changes.
An editorial calls for moving beyond reproductive-only focus in women’s health.
WHI funding restored after backlash; $140 saved for every dollar spent, researchers say.
Trump promotes IVF access while cutting the team responsible for tracking it.
Cardiology experts warn cutting WHI would jeopardize sex-specific research advances.
Yale study shows women in Southern states barely gained life expectancy over 100 years.
NPR adds more detail to WHI’s shutdown and the loss of 1990s-era women’s health data.
Healthier childhood diets—not body size—linked to later menstruation.
ADF targets birth control and IUD coverage in campaign to cut ties with ACOG.
A major study ties maternal diabetes to neurodevelopmental issues in children.