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Trump cuts to science advisory boards have long-lasting consequences, researchers say
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McCray's advisory group is one of more than 100 science-focused federal committees that have been terminated under the second Trump administration, according to a news analysis in the journal Nature. Officials from the White House did not respond to requests as to why specific committees were terminated, but said in a statement that the dissolved committees "were found to be redundant, unnecessary, or ineffective.
As of March of this year, more than a quarter of the country's healthcare-related committees have been shut down, according to the advocacy group Public Citizen.
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What's still developing
- McCray's advisory group is one of more than 100 science-focused federal committees that have been terminated under the second Trump administration, according to a news analysis in the journal Nature.
- As of March of this year, more than a quarter of the country's healthcare-related committees have been shut down, according to the advocacy group Public Citizen.
- Officials from the White House did not respond to requests as to why specific committees were terminated, but said in a statement that the dissolved committees "were found to be redundant, unnecessary, or ineffective.
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- NPRlink