星期五, 8月 22, 2025

最高法院裁定川普可刪8億NIH經費。麻州長Healey發聲明稱中國和其他國家受益

Boston Orange 綜合編譯)美國最高法院821日以54票裁決,川普政府目前可以取消高達7.8億美元的美國國家衛生院(NIH)研究經費。麻州州長奚莉(Maura Healey)立即發表嚴厲聲明,譴責川普總統這做法將傷害美國科研進展,讓中國及其他國家獲益。

川普政府麾下的NIH早前已宣佈過一次大規模的經費凍結。美國公共衛生協會(American Public Health Association)和16州的總檢察官於是提出訴訟,指川普政府的取消經費是「武斷且反覆無常」的行為,造成嚴重後果。例如,麻大學醫學院因此裁減了 209 名員工, 2025 年秋季入學的研究生人數也從 70 人 大幅縮減至 10 人。

今年6月波士頓的一名聯邦法官下令,NIH必須恢復891項生物醫藥研究補助。科學家們為此開心了一陣子。波士頓環球報(Boston Globe)稱,用「補助款觀察資料庫(Grant Watch database)」的資料分相,新英格地區大約有63項約1.26億元的補助款會恢復。

這回,川普政府揮刀要砍用於多元性,公平性與包容性(D.E.I.)、「性別意識形態」及疫苗猶豫性等主題的研究經費。

目前最高法院已將此案交回下級法庭再做實務性審理。

 Governor Healey Issues Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Allowing President Trump to Cut $800 million in NIH Funding  

BOSTON – Governor Maura Healey issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump can cut $800 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding: 

“Donald Trump is blocking lifesaving cures and treatments for millions of families and eliminating jobs in every part of our country. The only ones who benefit from this are China and other countries who are now recruiting our entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists and researchers away from us. Massachusetts will always invest in research, science and innovation. People across the globe are saved by Massachusetts science, and we will continue to lead the world in the discovery of new cures - and create the companies and jobs that come with it.” 

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