{"id":23525,"date":"2025-03-08T00:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23525"},"modified":"2025-03-08T01:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:24:48","slug":"trump-administration-sends-politically-charged-survey-to-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23525","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Sends Politically Charged Survey to Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Scientists on overseas projects must say whether they work with communist governments and help combat \u201cChristian persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration has asked researchers and organizations whose work is conducted overseas to disclose ties to those regarded as hostile, including \u201centities associated with communist, socialist or totalitarian parties,\u201d according to a questionnaire obtained by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The online survey was sent this week to groups working abroad to research diseases like H.I.V., gather surveillance data and strengthen public health systems. Recipients received funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States Agency for International Development and other federal sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The questionnaire appears to be very similar to one <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/06\/health\/usaid-freeze-review.html\" title>sent earlier this week t<\/a>o partners of the United States Agency for International Development, which has been all but dismantled by the Trump administration. Both were titled \u201cForeign Assistance Review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Recipients were instructed to respond within 48 hours. Some grantees interviewed by The Times feared that impolitic or unsatisfactory answers could lead to cancellation of funding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTaxpayer dollars must not fund dependency, socialism, corrupt regimes that oppose free enterprise, or intervene in internal matters of another sovereign nation,\u201d the questionnaire said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cA truly prosperous America prioritizes domestic growth, innovation, and economic strength over foreign handouts,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Recipients received funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States Agency for International Development and other federal sources.The questionnaire appears to be very similar to one sent earlier this week to partners of the United States Agency for International Development, which has been all but dismantled by the Trump administration. Both were titled \u201cForeign Assistance Review.\u201dRecipients were instructed to respond within 48 hours. Some grantees interviewed by The Times feared that impolitic or unsatisfactory answers could lead to cancellation of funding.\u201cTaxpayer dollars must not fund dependency, socialism, corrupt regimes that oppose free enterprise, or intervene in internal matters of another sovereign nation,\u201d the questionnaire said.\u201cA truly prosperous America prioritizes domestic growth, innovation, and economic strength over foreign handouts,\u201d it added.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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