A congressional justification letter released last week by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, offers the most detailed insight to date into how the Trump administration’s proposed $18.1 billion reduction in NIH funding could affect the agency’s structure and operations in fiscal year (FY) 2026. The justification letter advances the administration’s plan to eliminate or consolidate the agency’s 27 institutes and centers into eight. This would include reorganizing the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases into a new National Institute on Body Systems (NIBS). The new NIBS would see a 39.3% decrease in funding compared with FY 2025. NIH released individual budget justifications for NIBS and the other institutes. Bhattacharya also outlined a planned $11.6 billion reduction (43.4%) in funding for research project grants in FY 2026, including a $1.95 billion reduction in funding for research project grants for NIBS. According to NIH, this would result in 8,148 fewer new grants awarded compared with FY 2025. The plan also includes a $359.3 million cut (35.4%) to researcher training programs, which would reduce the number of full-time trainee positions by an estimated 6,669 in FY 2026.

Interesting review on the successes of the NIDDK in CJASN @asnpublications.bsky.social

journals.lww.com/cjasn/fullte... from @conniemrhee.bsky.social Michael Allon @rajmehrotra.bsky.social

Just as NIDDK will be collapsed into the NIBS

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Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...

(CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

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🌱 Taking a wander around the garden & spotting new baby fruits always makes me smile!

What’s making you smile in your garden today? 💕

#GardeningFeed #Clementines

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北上 309

#art #photo #photography #fruits
#EastCoastKin
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If you want life, you have to consume live food, not dead food. I am fascinated by the quality of the organic vegetables here. These kales are so fresh and crunchy, and just like this, I took a bite! So much energy in every bite

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OpenAI killed a ChatGPT feature that made some sensitive conversations publicly searchable.

If you knew where to look, anyone on the internet could access public ChatGPT logs where people seemed to confess to crimes, share trade secrets & more potentially damning scenarios.
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that looks good

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wonderful

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The Blarney Castle in Ireland. 🇮🇪 autumn, trees, green, green grass, gold and red leaves.

Ok, Bluesky seems like something I can handle right now. 😊
Please enjoy this lil’ pic I took at the Blarney Castle grounds in Ireland 🇮🇪… you bet I kissed that Blarney Stone. I kissed it but good.

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Because health is your greatest wealth. Let’s protect it together. #HealthFirst

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