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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The Trump administration's cuts to grants for the National Institutes of Health have affected hundreds of clinical trials and thousands of patients. That's according to a new analysis published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
What impact have Trump administration's NIH grant cuts had on clinical trials?
NPR's Rob Stein reports.
Since returning to office, the Trump administration has terminated hundreds of grants from the NIH for medical research. Researchers at Harvard analyzed clinical trials funded by the NIH between the end of February and the middle of August. They found 383 clinical trials involving at least 74,000 participants were affected. Studies involving infectious diseases, heart disease, and respiratory diseases were hit hardest. One out of every 37 NIH cancer trials was affected. Rob Stein, NPR News.
The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted all flight restrictions on air travel in the U.S. The FAA had reduced flights by up to 6 percent last week. Officials were trying to deal with growing staffing shortages among air traffic controllers. That was linked to the federal government shutdown. Air traveler Steve Yeager was in Denver waiting to board his flight to Europe.
The government shutdown I thought was really disappointing all around and showing how dysfunctional our government is.
Airlines say they're confident that their operations will return to normal in time for Thanksgiving holiday travel. NPR has learned that a former top Justice Department official told a group of prosecutors last February that the administration should target drug traffickers at sea. Former acting Deputy Attorney General Emile Beauvais said the U.S. should, quote, just sink the boats. Six months later, the U.S. began blowing up boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. More than 75 people have been killed. President Trump claims all were involved in drug trafficking, but no evidence has been provided. U.S. retailers are heading into the holiday hiring season with assistance from artificial intelligence.
NPR's Windsor Johnston reports a lot of major chains are now using AI systems to scan resumes and sort applicants almost instantly.
Retailers, including some of the country's biggest chains, say they're using artificial intelligence tools to sort thousands of holiday job applicants at once. The systems scan resumes in seconds, flag qualified candidates, and even schedule interviews automatically. Labor researchers say this kind of automated screening has exploded in the last two years. They warn the speed is appealing, but the tools can miss qualified workers who don't use the exact keywords the software looks for. Companies say they need the technology to keep up with demand. Stores are filling tens of thousands of seasonal jobs before Thanksgiving. And for applicants, decisions now come in minutes instead of days. Windsor Johnston, NPR News.
This is NPR. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an immigration case on asylum. President Trump wants to be able to turn away asylum seekers before they step foot in the United States. This process has been used in Republican and Democratic administrations. Opponents say people who need asylum will be unfairly denied. The U.S. Border Patrol fanned out over the weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina. Officials say they have arrested dozens of people and claim these are violent criminals. No evidence has been formally presented. Some Charlotte business owners closed over the weekend. Japan has sent a senior envoy to try to diffuse a deepening disagreement with neighboring China. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that China has demanded that Japan's prime minister retract remarks about Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory.
How have recent flight restrictions affected air travel in the U.S.?
The Kyoto News Agency reports that Japanese Foreign Ministry official Masaaki Kanai will tell Chinese officials that Japan's policy towards Taiwan has not changed, despite Prime Minister Sanae Takeuchi's remarks in Parliament this month that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute an existential threat for Japan, justifying a military response.
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