Michelle Dang

It would be great if science influenced more public opinion, in fact, if evidence influenced opinion.

It would be great if science influenced more public opinion, in fact, if evidence influenced opinion.

And then let's look at climate change for a second, because that has also, that's another area that's been on the chopping block. NOAA, which is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been hit. There's been projects on weather forecasting, tracking the cost of climate disasters that have been retired. What have you heard about climate change research at the NIH?

And then let's look at climate change for a second, because that has also, that's another area that's been on the chopping block. NOAA, which is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been hit. There's been projects on weather forecasting, tracking the cost of climate disasters that have been retired. What have you heard about climate change research at the NIH?

You and your team have done a lot of work just trying to understand why these cuts are happening. And when it comes to vaccine hesitancy, the NIH told your team, you know, it's basically not a priority anymore to improve vaccine interest. Curious, in the middle of a measles outbreak.

You and your team have done a lot of work just trying to understand why these cuts are happening. And when it comes to vaccine hesitancy, the NIH told your team, you know, it's basically not a priority anymore to improve vaccine interest. Curious, in the middle of a measles outbreak.

And then research on LGBTQ folks, and particularly transgender folks, has been hit really hard. Grants around how taking hormones might affect your health, disease prevention, like HIV prevention. These are all examples of projects that have been cut, which the government had justified because they said research programs based on gender identity are unscientific.

And then research on LGBTQ folks, and particularly transgender folks, has been hit really hard. Grants around how taking hormones might affect your health, disease prevention, like HIV prevention. These are all examples of projects that have been cut, which the government had justified because they said research programs based on gender identity are unscientific.

But what's curious is that there is one study that the White House was very keen to fund when it came to trans folks. Tell us about that.

But what's curious is that there is one study that the White House was very keen to fund when it came to trans folks. Tell us about that.

It is astonishing because if you're genuinely in a place where you don't want to be funding trans research because it's the minority of the population, many Americans are not trans, But then when we look at the research we do have, maybe out of those who regret surgery, for example, who have done surgery, it's maybe 1% of trans folks will regret it. And that's important to know.

It is astonishing because if you're genuinely in a place where you don't want to be funding trans research because it's the minority of the population, many Americans are not trans, But then when we look at the research we do have, maybe out of those who regret surgery, for example, who have done surgery, it's maybe 1% of trans folks will regret it. And that's important to know.

But it's a minority of a minority.

But it's a minority of a minority.

By the way, we also reached out to the NIH about these cuts and they told us that the, quote, NIH is taking action to terminate research funding that is not aligned with NIH and HHS priorities. And then just something else that I'm starting to see is scientists beginning to calculate or at least get their head around some of the consequences of the cuts that the US made to international aid.

By the way, we also reached out to the NIH about these cuts and they told us that the, quote, NIH is taking action to terminate research funding that is not aligned with NIH and HHS priorities. And then just something else that I'm starting to see is scientists beginning to calculate or at least get their head around some of the consequences of the cuts that the US made to international aid.

So... Recently, there was some researchers that tried to put figures around how many people might die because of those cuts to programs like USAID. So what these researchers estimated is if they just looked at the expected increased cases of HIV, tuberculosis, and deaths from unplanned pregnancies, so from unsafe births, unsafe abortions...

So... Recently, there was some researchers that tried to put figures around how many people might die because of those cuts to programs like USAID. So what these researchers estimated is if they just looked at the expected increased cases of HIV, tuberculosis, and deaths from unplanned pregnancies, so from unsafe births, unsafe abortions...

They predict that around 25 million people could die in the next 15 years if the U.S. pulled back all of its global health funding.

They predict that around 25 million people could die in the next 15 years if the U.S. pulled back all of its global health funding.