Axios: Federal Science Agencies Brace For Brain Drain

Axios reports:

Public health efforts were weakened by misinformation and distrust during the COVID pandemic, but a brain drain of the nation’s top scientific minds could hobble research and dissolve institutional knowledge at agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Less than a week after the election, fears of a talent exodus — especially at the FDA — are already spreading. Trump has said he’s going to let transition team member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on food and medicine, and Republicans more broadly have been chomping at the bit to reform the CDC and overhaul the NIH post-pandemic.

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— Axios (@axios) November 12, 2024