Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern Researchers worry that NIH funding and scientific updates to the public could be affected

https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/trump-administrations-cancels-scientific-meetings-abruptly/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8oo-posob99UCWB5OoMXQb2qjyNgRIGG2E-Y8VyON5gqm-nDujK9nCwoNzSRcsWaAHrJcUbtGieZM22jvmNE4S09JJRw&_hsmi=343735126&utm_content=343735126&utm_source=hs_email A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the Trump administration will shift the agencies’ policies and day-to-day affairs. The scope of the cancellations was unclear. It was also unclear whether they were related to the Trump administration’s freeze on external communications until Feb. 1.