The article discusses the significant adverse effects of recent healthcare policy changes spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., particularly in the Pacific Northwest. It highlights a directive from President Trump to reduce NIH payments by 15%, resulting in substantial financial losses for institutions like Oregon Health & Sciences University. The article warns that these funding cuts and job eliminations threaten the stability of scientific research and the healthcare system as a whole, leaving many patients vulnerable.
The scientific community was dealt another blow when Kennedy announced plans to slash 10,000 jobs at HHS, including 1,200 positions at the National Institutes of Health.
Residents of the Pacific Northwest are now watching their lives upended, and in some cases, shattered by these sweeping changes.
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