Angus Rohan Chen

thanks nsikan!

omg lol. Considering how slow I am, eventually from not writing off the last latte would force me to get the cheapest caffeinated beverage possible, adding yet another 4000 words to the total debt. The credit card debt of writing :O

i would never be able to afford the $8.35 at this rate, let alone a meal out. 14,000 words for a sandwich??? My god I'd be writing off my last lunch for weeks!

NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy NIH plans to shrink the share of grant applications it will award for the remainder of the fiscal year, in some cases by more than half.

Last month, I wrote about a new Trump policy requiring NIH to fund multiyear awards upfront, and concerns that it would shrink the number of new grants NIH could support. Those fears are now being realized. From me, @aniloza.bsky.social, & @angusrohan.bsky.social :

www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n...

How Republicans sidelined the health care industry and pushed through historic Medicaid cuts The passage of President Trump's signature tax cut bill shows how the health care industry's influence is waning.

How Republicans sidelined the health care industry and pushed through historic Medicaid cuts www.statnews.com/2025/07/08/t... via @statnews.com

White House unveils sweeping plan to try to lower U.S. drug prices The White House unveiled a sweeping plan to try to lower prescription drug prices, one that calls for a "most-favored nation" policy and tighter enforcement of anti-competitive practices.

White House unveils sweeping plan to try to lower U.S. drug prices www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/t... via @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com

Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.

STAT's been keeping track of the Trump government's actions in his first 100 days. See the timeline here: www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t... via @statnews.com

NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles The NIH has scaled back its awards of new grants by at least $2.3 billion since the beginning of the year, a STAT analysis shows.

Just my colleagues being the best health journalists on the internet www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t... via @statnews.com

@kcmaine.bsky.social hi! I saw your post earlier that your stomach cancer study was shut down? Would you be open to speaking with me about that? Let me know! Thanks

A study came out recently showing nearly 40 million people in the US use at least one of the services that are in question - jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings The Supreme Court will hear a challenge of preventive health care coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The ruling could affect millions of Americans.

Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings www.statnews.com/2025/04/17/k... from me @statnews.com

5 high-level CDC officials are leaving in the latest turmoil for the public health agency The CDC was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation's top public health agency.

"This means close to a third of the agency’s top management is leaving or left recently." A wave of CDC departures -- that were not announced publicly. www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/c...

People genuinely don't know. Spread the word. Tell your friends, neighbors, colleagues, people on the street. Put up flyers and stickers (a roundup here): bsky.app/profile/pron...

NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults NIH terminated grants for a program studying how to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV and AIDS in adolescents and young adults.

NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/n... via @statnews.com

Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.

Trump promised that he would “get the cure for cancer.” But with the field eyeing losses in the 100s of millions of dollars, experts warn the administration could slow new discoveries, writes @angusrohan.bsky.social for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t...

Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.

Cancer research has held a near-sacred spot in research. Now, experts told me, it's facing an unprecedented threat that's putting science - and lives - at risk. Paywalled, but let me know if you need a discount to STAT+! www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t...

Hi Jon,

Not sure if you're writing about your friend or if they're interested in speaking to media, but I'm writing about the impacts that NIH cuts are having on cancer patients and research. Let me know if they might be interested in sharing a bit of their story with me?

Former NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there Former NIH director Francis Collins is so concerned for his personal safety that he has hired security at his home

Former NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/f... via @statnews.com

Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead

Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n... via @statnews.com

NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research Saying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants.

Scientists thought that the govt would honor existing, ongoing grants. But late last week, the NIH terminated ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/n... via @statnews.com

NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research Saying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants.

Funded LGBTQ+ health research is being terminated by the NIH with dishonest & disparaging form letters. www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/n... By @angusrohan.bsky.social

Trump administration rehires some FDA employees it fired The Trump administration has started quietly rehiring some FDA employees just days after it fired them.

The Trump administration quietly rehires some fired FDA employees.

www.statnews.com/2025/02/23/f... via @statnews.com

‘Enjoy your life after governor’: Trump and Maine’s governor spar at the White House over transgender athletes - The Boston Globe “We’re going to follow the law, sir,” Governor Janet Mills told Trump.

President Trump had a testy exchange with Maine Governor Janet Mills over his threat to withhold federal funding from the state unless it bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports.

‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardian

The guardian had a very similar story some years ago: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

Mass layoffs leave federal employees with disabilities in the lurch Disabled workers on a two-year probation were especially vulnerable during the Trump administration's mass firings.

Mass layoffs leave federal employees with disabilities in the lurch www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/l... via @statnews.com

Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research In response to Trump science policies, universities are accepting fewer graduate students than normal and freezing positions, STAT has learned.

Seeing such excellent reporting today from many outlets on what people see as a full out assault on science by the Trump administration. Here's our story from yesterday if you missed it. (w/ @mmolteni.bsky.social @angusrohan.bsky.social @jonathanwosen.bsky.social) www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research In response to Trump science policies, universities are accepting fewer graduate students than normal and freezing positions, STAT has learned.

Cuts are hitting hard, from @mmolteni.bsky.social, @usha.bsky.social, and @angusrohan.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

Dr. Oz plans to sell insurance, hospital, and pharma stocks, step down from supplement company if confirmed Dr. Oz's assets range from a tree trimming company to a cattle farm to UnitedHealth stock, and they're worth up to $293 million.

STAT has the scoop on Dr. Oz's ethics report www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/d... via @statnews.com

Eric writes about an elderly woman who relied on a nonprofit worker who depended on federal dollars. He took her to dialysis every week: " “If you happen to fall, don’t get scared,” he tells her. “Just fall on me, and I’ll shield you.”

Then suddenly, in late January, word came that he was gone. "

The lasting human impact of Trump funding freeze: An 86-year-old's ride to dialysis now feels tenuous The uncertainty around the spending freeze was an epiphany for some, a realization of how omnipresent government services are

For anyone wondering how the trump policies impact real people, @ericboodman.bsky.social's story today is a MUST READ with his characteristic, poetic style bringing the point home in the very first graf. www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/i... via @statnews.com