Researchers in Pittsburgh say hundreds of aging Americans may never learn their cognitive test results after a federal grant for an Alzheimer's risk study was canceled, part of a broader pattern of research funding disruptions.
Scientists say a Trump administration funding cut could force early closure of a study tracking dementia risk among 600 older adults in two majority-Black Pittsburgh neighborhoods, leaving cognitive test results unshared.
Researchers in Pittsburgh halted a cognitive study as participants face uncertainty over test results following federal funding reductions.
According to Ars Technica, the National Institutes of Health plans to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research that NIH leadership reportedly no longer wants to fund itself.
A government body is funding scientific and technological research considered too risky or speculative for conventional funding channels, according to BBC's Tech Life.