PUBLIC HEALTH · MEDICINE · WHITE HOUSE
Federal cuts and policy shifts have
severely disrupted biomedical
research funding in Maine, leading
to halted projects.
The phone call came in April. No
press release, no warning. Just a
curt message from the National
Institutes of Health: the $500,000
grant supporting vaccine research at
the MaineHealth Institute for
Research was gone.
Dr. Clifford Rosen, one of the lab’s
senior scientists, still remembers…
Heather Cox Richardson’s
latest analysis, published
this morning, provides…
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · PUBLIC FINANCE
Heather Cox Richardson’s analysis
examines the Trump administration’s
extensive restructuring of federal
agencies, highlighting risks to
public.
Heather Cox Richardson’s latest
analysis, published this morning,
provides a sobering examination of
the Trump administration’s sweeping
overhaul of federal institutions and
essential public services. According…
Your Employer Isn’t Paying
for Your Health Insurance.
You Are…
HEALTH INSURANCE · LABOR · PUBLIC FINANCE
Most Americans receive health
insurance through their employers,
but the cost is effectively borne by
workers through.
DRAFT: Your Employer Isn’t Paying
for Your Health Insurance. You Are.
Most Americans get health coverage
through their jobs — paid for with…
HOSPITALS · PUBLIC HEALTH · HEALTH INSURANCE
Asher Community Health Center, the
sole medical facility in rural
Wheeler County, Oregon, faces
closure after federal.
By the time Teresa Hunt finished her
second cup of coffee, she’d already
taken three calls from patients
asking if the clinic would still be
open next month.
She didn’t have an answer.
Asher Community Health Center is the
only medical facility in Wheeler
County, Oregon—1,700 square miles of…
Trump Administration Health
Funding Cuts: A 2025 Impact
Assessment
PUBLIC HEALTH · MEDICINE · WHITE HOUSE
The Trump administration’s 2025
federal health funding cuts have
reduced the Department of Health and
Human Services.
As of May 2025, the Trump
administration has implemented
unprecedented cuts to federal health
funding and biomedical research,
creating ripple effects throughout
the healthcare system. White House
documents reveal plans to slash the…
