Carl Zimmer
Science writer; writes a column for The New York Times. Author of books including She Has Her Mother's Laugh (2018), Life's Edge (2021) and Air-Borne (2025). Publishes the Friday's Elk newsletter.
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The elimination of TB programs may lead to tens of thousands of additional deaths from tuberculosis.
Their wordsMeanwhile, public health experts suspect that the elimination of TB programs has led to tens of thousands of additional deaths from tuberculosis.
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The Trump administration's disruption of PEPFAR may result in tens of thousands of deaths from AIDS.
Their wordsTens of thousands of people may be doomed to die of AIDS thanks to this year's freezes.
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Their wordsThey estimate that as many as 14 million people may die by 2030-just four years from now-if the cuts stay in place.
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Their wordsBut one of the messages of my book is that the air is a common good.
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Their wordsThe future of science in the United States has reached a summer of uncertainty.
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Their wordsThe proposed budget from the Trump administration would make massive cuts not just to NSF but to all the other agencies that support science.
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Their wordsAs we head into the third month of the new Trump administration, some of the damage that it is inflicting on American science and medicine is starting to look irreversible.
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The benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the United States may dwindle for decades.
Their wordsPeople are going to die, data is going to vanish, careers are going to end, and the benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the United States are going to dwindle, perhaps for decades.
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The Trump administration is abandoning measures that protect health in the United States and beyond.
Their wordsAlong with biomedical research, the Trump administration is abandoning measures that protect health in the United States and beyond.
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Their wordsThe Trump administration is rolling back EPA's air pollution protections. For every dollar that the protections cost polluters, the country makes back six dollars in savings through the reduction of asthma, cancer, and other diseases.
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Their wordsMeanwhile, CDC is planning to study vaccines and autism. Since the evidence is clear-there is no link-this would be seem to be a waste of tax dollars.