Scientists Warn Trump Cuts to NIH Funding Could Cost Lives

Scientists warn Trump cuts to NIH funding could cost lives

Scientists are warning that the U.S. will suffer from President Trump’s decision to cut $1.8 billion in grants for the National Institutes of Health. What the Trump administration fails to acknowledge is that federally funded research is a “return on investment for the entire country,” says Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and blood cancer survivor, John Harwood. “Our future generations are going to reap the benefits [of this research] and mayb…

UK Aid Cuts "Could Cost 600,000 Lives"

When Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to abolish hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by 2029 in the recent spending review she earned cheers from the Labour backbenches – but there was a sting in the tail.The cost of housing refugees and asylum seekers will grow next next year - and this is money which is taken from the budget notionally earmarked for international development.It means that the UK will be making a smaller contribution…