More employees at NIH are expected to be laid off in the coming days, multiple federal officials say, less than a week after an initial wave of cuts gutted many offices within the health research agency. The NIH was initially supposed to lose about 1,200 scientists, support staff and other officials as a result of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s restructuring. It is unclear how many additional employees will be targeted for cuts.
Health First is accelerating plans to open Brevard County's first stand-alone emergency departments, as rival health care company Orlando Health prepares to close its 298-bed Rockledge Hospital later this month. Health First said it will be opening two free-standing emergency departments. One will be adjacent to Health First's Business Center at 3300 S. Fiske Blvd., about 1.5 miles from Rockledge Hospital, which will close on April 22. The other will be at a yet-to-be-announced site in south Brevard.
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Leaders at Vanderbilt Medical Center said they must cut their research budget by $250 million due to federal policy changes under the Trump administration. "In response to recent administrative orders impacting financial resources for medical research, it is necessary for VUMC to strategically reduce research operating costs," a spokesperson said. "Hiring for most research positions will be paused, and other cost-saving measures will be implemented."
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The ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the NIH has conducted an "ongoing ideological purge of critical research projects" that violates federal law and is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts district court on behalf of four researchers and three unions with members who rely on NIH funding, says that the federal science agency "abruptly cancelled" hundreds of research projects "without scientifically-valid explanation or cause."