
Carolyn Johnson
Science Reporter at The Washington Post
science reporter @WashingtonPost, former @BostonGlobe, prefer to explore the world by bicycle, [email protected]
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6 days ago |
arkansasonline.com | Lena Sun |Carolyn Johnson |Rachel Roubein |Joel Achenbach
On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. The Trump administration is seeking to deeply slash budgets for federal health programs, a roughly one-third cut in discretionary spending by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a preliminary budget document obtained by The Washington Post.
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6 days ago |
southfloridareporter.com | Dan Diamond |Carolyn Johnson |Hannah Natanson
The U.S. DOGE Service is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal health-care grants, requiring government officials to manually review and approve previously routine payments - and paralyzing grant awards to tens of thousands of organizations, according to 12 people familiar with the new arrangements.
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6 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Dan Diamond |Carolyn Johnson |Hannah Natanson
DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review (washingtonpost.com) DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review By Dan Diamond; Carolyn Y.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Lena Sun |Carolyn Johnson |Rachel Roubein |Joel Achenbach |Lauren Weber
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts (washingtonpost.com) Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts By Lena H. Sun; Carolyn Y.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Carolyn Johnson
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards (washingtonpost.com) Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards By Carolyn Y. Johnson 2025041616483600 Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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