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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to end future funding for research projects focused on vaccine hesitancy and the Covid pandemic, as well as gender-affirming care, climate change, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other areas, according to a new draft guidance memo reviewed by Mother Jones.

The internal memo, which has not been finalized, is essentially a how-to document for staff at the NIH on how they should end grants deemed inappropriate by the administration. It includes required template language “provided to NIH” from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Robert F Kennedy Jr., to describe “research activities that NIH no longer supports.” These include:

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