A reader emailed me the following resource and I wanted to share it:
" I wanted to alert you to the best tracker I have found for terminated NIH grants. There are >1200 grants in this database. From what I can tell, it is from a computer programmer who wrote an algorithm to grab data directly from RePORT on a very frequent basis (>1/day from what I can tell) and posts it publicly on GitHub.
Thank you, Dr. Faust, for laying bare the devastating consequences of dismantling science and public health infrastructure under the guise of “efficiency.” This is not just bad policy; it’s lethal. What Trump and his allies are doing is catastrophic, not only for current public health but for generations to come.
Supporting this man, and the enablers around him, is not a political preference. It is a moral failure, akin to standing by historical figures whose contempt for truth and human life led to mass suffering.
However, I have to disagree with one conclusion. The Trump Administration did not make the cancelations and the deep cuts to humanitarian aid programs because they felt like it. They did it because they DON'T feel. They don't feel compassion. They don't feel a sense of responsibility. They don't feel guilty.
In their transactional, quid pro quo world, this was just money poured down rat holes in shit-hole countries. All cost and no benefit to the greatness of the USA.
As a senior I have been especially concerned about the implications of this Administration’s actions for accessing updated COVID vaccines and Fall flu shots. I understand that the meeting to determine the formulation of the Fall flu shot was cancelled and that RFK Jr has instituted a requirement of placebo testing for new vaccines which may impact updated vaccines as well. How are drug companies responding? Will there be updated COVID and flu shots available? If not, what would you recommend seniors and immuno-compromised persons do?
Thank you Dr Faust. This email was sent to my (2) Senators. My representative email process isn’t working presently.
Likely you as we have been horrified by the pace and seemingly unrepairable destruction to our National & International Health Programs that used to save lives and improve health through research, shared information and expertise through our world renowned health education. Please share and pursue bipartisan legislative action to stop and repair. We know that silencing, hiding and ignoring health has grave & deadly effects that impact all aspects our our society. What is ignored beyond our borders reaches our country and families.
Thanks so much for sharing this post!! I am sharing this with many people that I know who have been negatively impacted by the cuts that you have enumerated here.
I continue to lament the daily destruction and selfishness of Trump.
Clearly, every day is another "gong show".
Oh the 400M for a new jet is just Quatar being nice, OMG how can the Republic Congress and Senators remain silent.
The deaths of starving children & those who will succumb to their preventable illness or maintained in "form" of subsistence will leave a long dark shadow of the American people 😥.
Every bully eventually has someone stand up & put an end to the offender.
DJT moked the sanctity of the Roman Catholic Church by creating an AI version of him being the Pope, 😥😥
He then implied he had some credit to Pope Leo election ( stand corrected) ... well he will be told repeated by the Pontiff, your egregious behaviour of the most vulnerable is not acceptable. 🙏
A reader emailed me the following resource and I wanted to share it:
" I wanted to alert you to the best tracker I have found for terminated NIH grants. There are >1200 grants in this database. From what I can tell, it is from a computer programmer who wrote an algorithm to grab data directly from RePORT on a very frequent basis (>1/day from what I can tell) and posts it publicly on GitHub.
Here is the website:
https://github.com/dhoconno/reporter?tab=readme-ov-file
Scroll down to the “TAGGS" link to see the full list. There are also interesting graphs of study section meetings etc."
Thank you, Dr. Faust, for laying bare the devastating consequences of dismantling science and public health infrastructure under the guise of “efficiency.” This is not just bad policy; it’s lethal. What Trump and his allies are doing is catastrophic, not only for current public health but for generations to come.
Supporting this man, and the enablers around him, is not a political preference. It is a moral failure, akin to standing by historical figures whose contempt for truth and human life led to mass suffering.
Another great and hard-hitting report!
However, I have to disagree with one conclusion. The Trump Administration did not make the cancelations and the deep cuts to humanitarian aid programs because they felt like it. They did it because they DON'T feel. They don't feel compassion. They don't feel a sense of responsibility. They don't feel guilty.
In their transactional, quid pro quo world, this was just money poured down rat holes in shit-hole countries. All cost and no benefit to the greatness of the USA.
As a senior I have been especially concerned about the implications of this Administration’s actions for accessing updated COVID vaccines and Fall flu shots. I understand that the meeting to determine the formulation of the Fall flu shot was cancelled and that RFK Jr has instituted a requirement of placebo testing for new vaccines which may impact updated vaccines as well. How are drug companies responding? Will there be updated COVID and flu shots available? If not, what would you recommend seniors and immuno-compromised persons do?
Thank you Dr Faust. This email was sent to my (2) Senators. My representative email process isn’t working presently.
Likely you as we have been horrified by the pace and seemingly unrepairable destruction to our National & International Health Programs that used to save lives and improve health through research, shared information and expertise through our world renowned health education. Please share and pursue bipartisan legislative action to stop and repair. We know that silencing, hiding and ignoring health has grave & deadly effects that impact all aspects our our society. What is ignored beyond our borders reaches our country and families.
https://open.substack.com/pub/insidemedicine/p/how-many-kills-does-doge-have-how?r=9laak&utm_medium=ios
Thank you… we see the horror that Congress is facing… Courage resisting corruption is long remembered.
Thanks so much for sharing this post!! I am sharing this with many people that I know who have been negatively impacted by the cuts that you have enumerated here.
I continue to lament the daily destruction and selfishness of Trump.
Clearly, every day is another "gong show".
Oh the 400M for a new jet is just Quatar being nice, OMG how can the Republic Congress and Senators remain silent.
The deaths of starving children & those who will succumb to their preventable illness or maintained in "form" of subsistence will leave a long dark shadow of the American people 😥.
Every bully eventually has someone stand up & put an end to the offender.
DJT moked the sanctity of the Roman Catholic Church by creating an AI version of him being the Pope, 😥😥
He then implied he had some credit to Pope Leo election ( stand corrected) ... well he will be told repeated by the Pontiff, your egregious behaviour of the most vulnerable is not acceptable. 🙏
JJF Phm 🇨🇦