Anonymous
Post 02/05/2025 12:49     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:

My husband, holding an MD and PhD degree, worked on cancer research at the NIH for many years. Not one dollar of taxpayer money did he waste.

To all the MAGA morons out there, once you get diagnosed with cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, are you going to regret decapitating the largest and most productive research institute on the planet???? Do you want your children to suffer from the same diseases you have, at the same level of (inadequate) treatments, instead of benefiting from advances in medicine???? Don't you want to see drug discoveries that extend cancer survival from 5 years to 20 years???? Don't you want to see new ways to treat Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases???????




It all starts with NIH grants and NIH research.






Thank you.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2025 10:35     Subject: NIH in limbo


My husband, holding an MD and PhD degree, worked on cancer research at the NIH for many years. Not one dollar of taxpayer money did he waste.

To all the MAGA morons out there, once you get diagnosed with cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, are you going to regret decapitating the largest and most productive research institute on the planet???? Do you want your children to suffer from the same diseases you have, at the same level of (inadequate) treatments, instead of benefiting from advances in medicine???? Don't you want to see drug discoveries that extend cancer survival from 5 years to 20 years???? Don't you want to see new ways to treat Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases???????




It all starts with NIH grants and NIH research.




Anonymous
Post 02/05/2025 10:28     Subject: NIH in limbo
NSF mass layoffs, is NIH next. What positions will be affected?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/science-funding-agency-layoffs-threat-00202426
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 09:37     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm just a lowly lab worker. I was told we would be able to start purchasing again today, but now being told we need White House approval? Can someone higher up explain the situation? I'm going through expired supplies but don't know what to do when those are gone.


Talk to your AO or supervisor. It is confusing and some items need higher approval, but your AO or Supervisor should be able to help you.


Got word that even emergency orders are not being approved so we can't orders anything. Guess if I run out of lab supplies I can start working from home?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 13:52     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:I'm just a lowly lab worker. I was told we would be able to start purchasing again today, but now being told we need White House approval? Can someone higher up explain the situation? I'm going through expired supplies but don't know what to do when those are gone.


Talk to your AO or supervisor. It is confusing and some items need higher approval, but your AO or Supervisor should be able to help you.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 13:47     Subject: NIH in limbo
I'm just a lowly lab worker. I was told we would be able to start purchasing again today, but now being told we need White House approval? Can someone higher up explain the situation? I'm going through expired supplies but don't know what to do when those are gone.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 11:58     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:It’s naive to argue that there isn’t a massive amount of waste and cronyism with NIH grants.


Explain how the scientists at NIH working on shoestring budgets are creating massive amounts of waste and employing cronyism. Explain how their trainees, all on time-limited fellowships, in lab 6-7 days a week deserve this. Be specific.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 11:50     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:It’s naive to argue that there isn’t a massive amount of waste and cronyism with NIH grants.


This goes way beyond grants. This is knee capping the NIH so they can't do any work.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 10:27     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:It’s naive to argue that there isn’t a massive amount of waste and cronyism with NIH grants.

Prove it
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2025 10:26     Subject: NIH in limbo
It’s naive to argue that there isn’t a massive amount of waste and cronyism with NIH grants.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 22:37     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would assume his approach will be less vaccines and NIH (FDA and CDC are much bigger fish to fry in that realm) and more a general overhaul in line with his thoughts on preventative health.

Plus his concerns about conflict of interest with the pharmaceutical industry.


Looking forward to shining some light on this. Our regulators should not be in bed with big business.

Tony made America see what’s been going on. It’s a massive scandal.

American Greed.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 18:36     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:We have been notified that we can no longer purchase lab supplies. I have enough materials for the next 3 or so weeks, but then I'll have to start ramping down my lab work.


This will trickle down to vendors.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 16:36     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have been notified that we can no longer purchase lab supplies. I have enough materials for the next 3 or so weeks, but then I'll have to start ramping down my lab work.


Even food for Clinical Center patients needs to be approved by DHHS.


Are they going to start discharging patients?


DP - from what I’ve heard, no. Part of my work is on one of the clinical care units and at least so far, those are still proceeding as usual.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 10:54     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have been notified that we can no longer purchase lab supplies. I have enough materials for the next 3 or so weeks, but then I'll have to start ramping down my lab work.


Even food for Clinical Center patients needs to be approved by DHHS.


Are they going to start discharging patients?
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2025 10:11     Subject: NIH in limbo
Anonymous wrote:We have been notified that we can no longer purchase lab supplies. I have enough materials for the next 3 or so weeks, but then I'll have to start ramping down my lab work.


I know someone who's years into a mouse experiment and if they just end it, they'll have lost years of work. Just setting money on fire.