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RFK Jr. wants NIH's 47 billion budget cut to $27 billion: a ~40% cut. And he wants NIH’s 27 institutes and centers cut into just eight. [More inside] (archive.ph)
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The proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40 percent cut. It would consolidate NIH’s 27 institutes and centers into just eight. Some of its institutes and centers would be eliminated, including the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Institute of Nursing Research.

There's a lot more horrible stuff in the article.

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Folding 27 NIH institutes and centers down into 8, which is even worse than the rumored plan for 15, is catastrophic for American biomedical research. Completely insane.

https://subium.com/profile/davelevitan.bsky.social/post/3lmxuwuk6qc2j

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[–] Terrarium@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago

JDPON Don destroying the US's technological advantage, lmao.

There are just a few major prongs of impeeialism. Financial weapons. Actual war materials and personnel. Technological advantage. The US is directly harming its own capacity for all 3 due to the contradictions of capitalism.

I'm sorry to all who suffer from the degradation of conditions, especially those on the site. You don't deserve it. But I do applaud the weakening of empire. The world needs it.