The rally follows a tumultuous year for the research agency, with devastating cuts to multi-year funding and outright terminations of grants, especially to research related to gender and race. That was before breakthroughs in research to treat lymphoma, after 25 years of research at places such as the National Cancer Institute, he said. “No kings, just vaccines!” protesters shouted as speakers decried harsh immigration crackdowns, limitations on transgender healthcare, the war in Iran and blockade in Cuba, and a radically reshaped public health environment. View image in fullscreen About a thousand people gathered at the NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific research. But in 2025, that research was terminated in the sweeping cuts enacted over the past year – part of the purge of research on diversity, equity and inclusion, which are key parts of public health research.

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2026 04:58 UTC