
Rae Ellen Bichell
Colorado Correspondent at KFF Health News
I write stories about health in Colorado & sometimes other places for @KFFHealthNews (formerly @KHNews). [email protected]. DM me for Signal. Tweets = mine.
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2 weeks ago |
kffhealthnews.org | Rae Ellen Bichell
LISTEN: Some scientists say the Trump administration’s decision to cancel hundreds of National Institutes of Health grants will set back efforts to tackle public health challenges like HIV. On June 11, WAMU’s “Health Hub” featured KFF Health News correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell to explain how the spending cuts are being felt across the country.
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2 weeks ago |
wamu.org | Rae Ellen Bichell |Rachana Pradhan
Communities in Montgomery County and beyond continue to feel the effects of mass layoffs and funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health, either directly or through the decline of scientific research. “Grants that focus on HIV and vaccine research have been cut … and then also grants for programs focused on the health of racial or gender minorities,” KFF Health News correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell told WAMU’s Morning Edition host Esther Ciammachilli.
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1 month ago |
kiowacountypress.net | Rae Ellen Bichell |Rachana Pradham
(Daily Montanan) The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. A KFF Health News analysis underscores that the terminations are sparing no part of the country, politically or geographically. About 40% of organizations whose grants the NIH cut in its first month of slashing, which started Feb.
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1 month ago |
dailymontanan.com | Rae Ellen Bichell |Rachana Pradham
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. A KFF Health News analysis underscores that the terminations are sparing no part of the country, politically or geographically. About 40% of organizations whose grants the NIH cut in its first month of slashing, which started Feb. 28, are in states Trump won in November.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Rae Ellen Bichell |Rachana Pradham
Photo by Getty Images. The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. A KFF Health News analysis underscores that the terminations are sparing no part of the country, politically or geographically. About 40% of organizations whose grants the NIH cut in its first month of slashing, which started Feb.
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