Nidhi Subbaraman

News & Publications Eugenie Reich & Gregg Shapiro Announce $15 Million NIH Grant Fraud Settlement (December 2025) Complaint Settlement Agreement Scientific Fraud in the 21st Century (Video Lecture) Sandia Nationa…

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $15 million NIH grant fraud settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Center. This resolves a False Claims Act qui tam complaint that I filed on behalf of @sholtodavid.bsky.social in April 2024, with Gregg Shapiro as my co-counsel.

Celebrity Atheist Lawrence Krauss Accused Of Sexual Misconduct For Over A Decade Lawrence Krauss is a famous atheist and liberal crusader — and, in certain whisper networks, a well-known problem. With women coming forward alleging sexual harassment, will his “skeptic” fanbase beli...

If you were interested in this NYT piece from a couple of days ago, read our coverage of Epstein's links with Krauss and other scientists at BuzzFeed News from 2018 and 2019:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

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Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear

EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org

Thanks Peter

I’m deeply sad to share I was laid off last week along with several fiercely talented journalists on the WSJ Health and Science team. I’m proud of the work I did at the Journal, especially my… | Nidhi... I’m deeply sad to share I was laid off last week along with several fiercely talented journalists on the WSJ Health and Science team. I’m proud of the work I did at the Journal, especially my front-pa...

life/work update: +1 baby, -1 job.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.

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The much-anticipated autism report from RFK Jr.'s HHS will point to Tylenol during pregnancy, folate deficiency, among other possible causes of autism.

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Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.

Exclusive: RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies. @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social and @nidhisubs.bsky.social report www.wsj.com/health/healt... via @WSJ

Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure Michael Schill is the latest university leader to depart during higher education turmoil.

Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h...

CDC Turmoil Intensifies Ahead of RFK Jr. Hearing Hundreds of current and former Health and Human Services employees have called on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, as he prepares for scrutiny from Republican and Democratic senators.

Hundreds of current and former HHS employees have called on Health Secretary RFK Jr. to resign, as he prepares for scrutiny from Republican and Democratic senators www.wsj.com/politics/pol... by @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social Jennifer Calfas, and Sabrina Siddiqui

Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me -- by Susan Monarez www.wsj.com/opinion/robe... (gift link)

From before the Labor Day holiday, ICYMI:
Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It.
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Letter from 9 former leaders of the CDC www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson — via @wsj.com + @nidhisubs.bsky.social

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Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson A strategy for wooing corporate partners offers a blueprint for schools confronting budget shortfalls after federal cuts to science research.

Georgia Tech has a strategy for wooing corporate partners. Other universities want in. @nidhisubs.bsky.social reports for #WSJScience www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... via @wsj.com

BREAKING: per email sent to agency staff NIH will _NOT_ reterminate the ~900 grants which were reinstated.

"[W]e would strongly recommend against re-terminating such grants, because it will likely be viewed as a reapplication of the now-vacated Challenged Directives."

Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson A strategy for wooing corporate partners offers a blueprint for schools confronting budget shortfalls after federal cuts to science research.

NEW: As the Trump administration overhauls the way the government funds academic research, universities reshaping their budgets are turning to Georgia Tech for advice www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Inside the C.D.C., a Growing Sense of Despair

After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low at the CDC

(Gift article)

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Trump's SCOTUS appointees each shared alarming views in allowing NIH grant cuts Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett each wrote something in the shadow docket case — disturbing opinions in light of broader attacks on the rule of law.

NEW: Trump's SCOTUS appointees each shared alarming views in allowing NIH grant cuts.

Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett each wrote something in the shadow docket case — disturbing opinions in light of broader attacks on the rule of law.

Today, at Law Dork:

Scientists Strip ‘Diversity’ Language From Research to Keep Federal Grants Some researchers say NIH employees have told them to make the revisions in order to have funding renewed.

"The first sentence of his grant summary included the word “diverse,” but that pertained to “diverse airborne toxicants."

Nurkiewicz finally got his renewed funding after he changed the phrase to “a large variety of airborne toxicants."

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The Words Scientists Are Changing to Scrub Diversity from Research Grants Researchers are amending descriptions of their work to keep federal funding and avoid getting flagged in the Trump administration’s push against DEI.

Scientists are removing words like “diverse” and “disparities” from hundreds of federal grant renewals to avoid getting flagged in the Trump administration’s focus on eliminating diversity www.wsj.com/health/scien...

Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

Though RFK Jr. said he would add scientists to the HHS workforce, agencies have lost thousands of them, along with colleagues who those scientists depended on to dispatch checks, fix computers and order lab supplies, enabling them to do their jobs. Super important work by @propublica.org colleagues.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Halt Funding for Some Research Grants A lower court had found the administration violated the law by canceling work involving DEI, transgender and Covid issues, among others.

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration for now to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in health research grants on topics the White House finds objectionable www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w Louise Radnofsky

From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America For working parents, the first five years of a child’s life are often the most financially draining. Explore this interactive map to see how costs vary across the U.S.

From $24,000 to $147,000: How Much Daycare Costs Across America
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How an Impossible Journey to the U.S. Gave an Injured Boy From Gaza a New Chance Doctors said 13-year-old Ibrahim Abuowda wouldn’t live after an explosion, but his mother wouldn’t give up.

How an Impossible Journey to the U.S. Gave an Injured Boy From Gaza a New Chance www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Leading Pediatrics Group Recommends Covid-19 Shots for Young Children, Differing from CDC Under HHS’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CDC has altered its Covid-19 vaccine guidance for kids.

A prominent pediatrician group is recommending parents inoculate their young children against Covid-19 www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Only solution is to amputate

Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gives $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center in Record Gift Knight and his wife are making a record private gift to Oregon Health & Science University amid broader battles over public funding for higher education.

“What do you say when somebody says they want to give you $2 billion?” Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes a record donation to cancer www.wsj.com/health/healt... w @realbachscore.bsky.social

After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears

CDC workers were terrified as gunman shot at the agency’s headquarters yesterday.
Today they are still reeling from shock, fear — and rage.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants

Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t... from @statnews.com