Children will suffer from changes to US research system

Abstract

As paediatricians working in the US, we view the changes being made to our healthcare and education systems, research enterprise, and regulatory agencies1 as truly dystopian. The damage is clear to us. The breakdown of information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; unjustified firing of workers from the National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Environmental Protection Agency; decreasing the funding of university …