petersuber<p>Update. "Scientists sue <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, saying politics cut their research funding"<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/nih-funding-trump-dei-research-094ed2abe5ba529cdb74f7e0b429c4f3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/nih-funding</span><span class="invisible">-trump-dei-research-094ed2abe5ba529cdb74f7e0b429c4f3</span></a></p><p>"A group of scientists and health groups sued the NIH on Wednesday, arguing that an “ideological purge” of research funding is illegal and threatens medical cures…The suit was filed by the American Public Health Association [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APHA</span></a>], unions representing scientists and some researchers who were stripped of grants."</p><p>A similar suit has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>), the Center for Science in the Public Interest (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CSPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSPI</span></a>), and the Protect Democracy Project (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDP</span></a>).<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/aclu-sues-national-institutes-health-ideological-purge-research-projec-rcna199360" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/aclu-sues-national-institutes-health-ideological-purge-research-projec-rcna199360</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>