In April 2017, scientists protested budget cuts to medical research proposed by the Trump administration. The March for Science rally in Boston challenged Trump’s denial of climate change and plans to cut funding for medical research. Concerns are now rising as Trump selects Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, who is critical of vaccines and mainstream medicine. Kennedy has suggested diverting funds from infectious diseases to alternative approaches to health, despite ongoing health threats like COVID, bird flu, and smallpox mutations. Scientists fear for the future of medical research under the new administration.
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How Trump and RFK Jr. could change health funding priorities
