STAT+: More research funding cuts and potential layoffs, from Columbia to AHRQ
This week in health care policy and politics: Trump's cuts hit Columbia, AHRQ, and global health efforts around the world.
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Another Columbia program slashed in funding lockout
A large research program into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS, has been forced to shut down because of Trump administration cuts earlier this month to Columbia University’s funding, one of its top researchers said.
