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Health and Human Services (HHS) – USA – Cuts Funding for NIH-Based Women’s Health Initiative Threatening Decades-Long Study

April 24, 2025

Key Takeaways

  • The WHI, a landmark study on women's health, faces defunding, threatening its regional centers and data collection efforts by September 2025.
  • The WHI's hormone therapy trial has significantly impacted clinical practice, preventing numerous breast cancer and cardiovascular disease cases.

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Following the Trump Administration’s mandate to cut $2.6 billion in NIH contracts, the Women’s Health Initiative shares HHS will close its regional centers in September.  

SEE: HHS Cuts Funding for NIH-Based Women's Health Initiative Threatening Decades-Long Study

https://www.ajmc.com/view/hhs-cuts-funding-for-nih-based-women-s-health-initiative-threatening-decades-long-study

 

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