Report: 10,000+ STEM Ph.D.s Exit Federal Agencies in 2025

The Abrupt Loss of Science Leaders from Government Will Have Real-world Consequences

I spent a lot of time debating with NIH IC Directors, but we should all mourn their loss.

Junk science and government

Science controversies have become left-right wars fought on the internet.

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers

Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House. Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

OPM says 92% of fed departures this year were voluntary. Those who left disagree

Staff only left "the most amazing job I could ever have" under significant pressure, former federal employees said.

Unexplained Pauses in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance: Erosion of the Public Evidence Base for Health Policy

Real-time federal surveillance of diseases and health care delivery informs clinical guidance and public health policy. However, in 2025, some U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) databases seemed to have “unexplained pauses” and ceased or delayed updates. The CDC public data catalog was audited to identify paused databases that had previously been updated at least monthly and evaluated their characteristics. Of 1359 catalog reco