Trump’s Latest NIH Purge Claims Another 200 Jobs–and the Cancer Hotline

The federal government is continuing to hollow out its research centers. The National Institutes of Health has carried out a second, unexpected round of layoffs across its various departments, including staff at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The layoffs were first reported late Monday evening by CBS News, based on interviews with current and recently fired employees. Around 200 people have or are soon expected to be fired, including 50 at the NCI. The cuts were made despite previous assurances about no further layoffs, according to CBS News. “We thought the worst was behind us, and we were transitioning into this new phase, and the rug was just pulled out from underneath us,” a laid-off employee told CBS. The White House has implemented a cataclysmic fire sale of its federal research institutes in the wake of Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. Guided by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and overseen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Dep ... Read full article.