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In an #OpEd, Arthur Caplan, PhD, and Lisa Kearns, MS, MA, discuss the ethical and medical consequences of the Trump administration's decision to halt U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, which has disrupted overseas clinical trials. They emphasize the critical need for reliable funding to sustain global health advancements. https://lnkd.in/e_fAEjYQ

"Words like 'catastrophic' come to mind," said David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, director of the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, referring to the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Why is AHRQ so valuable? "The agency is really critical to work we do in infection control and patient safety," said Carol McLay, DrPH, MPH, RN, president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. https://lnkd.in/exGuwMHx

David Geier, a man without a medical degree who once was disciplined by the Maryland State Board of Physicians for practicing medicine without a license, reportedly will lead a new HHS study to identify whether a relationship between vaccines and autism exists. So why was David Geier chosen to lead a new HHS study? "It seems the goal of this administration is to prove that vaccines cause autism even though they don't," noted Alison Singer, president of the Autism Science Foundation. https://lnkd.in/euEezJXg

HHS will slash 10,000 full-time employees, which combined with its previous buyout and early retirement initiatives, will take the agency down from 82,000 to 62,000 workers. "We're going to do more with less," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video on X, adding that "this will be a painful period for HHS as we downsize." https://lnkd.in/eR43gBYQ

The Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will close as soon as this week, MedPage Today's editor-in-chief, Jeremy Faust, reported in Inside Medicine. https://lnkd.in/eWT-kh8U

We're 20 years old! ?? ?? On March 15, MedPage Today celebrated its 20th anniversary. To reflect on our early days—and the new ground we were breaking in 2005—we interviewed our founder, Robert Stern. Stern has had a long and distinguished career in medical education and communications, having founded the agency Projects In Knowledge Powered by Kaplan more than 40 years ago. After pioneering new ways to communicate with physicians at Projects in Knowledge, Stern recognized that the internet required a dedicated, daily stream of news tailored specifically for doctors—providing the background, context, and expert analysis often missing from consumer-focused medical news. He coined the slogan "Putting breaking medical news into practice," and the rest is history. https://lnkd.in/evA99wKb

The data is in for the Match 2025 cycle—and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) has reported another all-time high, with a 4.1% increase in applicants over last year’s record. https://lnkd.in/exKA_g8q

A week has passed since federal agency leaders were supposed to submit plans for reductions-in-force (RIFs) and agency reorganizations, but workers at federal health agencies have heard almost nothing about those plans. What's going on? https://lnkd.in/exnnYEKR

Today, fourth-year medical students celebrated #MatchDay2025—finding out where they’ll begin their residency training after graduation. But the road to #MatchDay can be long and stressful. So, we asked these newly-matched NYU Grossman School of Medicine students: if you could change one thing about the Match, what would it be? Melissa Song Brooke Starn Matteo Laspro