CDC discretionary grant disbursements halted and staff placed on leave — disrupting disease surveillance, reproductive health data, and state public health partnerships.

NIH placed new grant applications on hold pending ideological review of research topics — delaying biomedical studies on climate health, reproductive care, and LGBTQ populations.

U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization initiated, ending funding and participation in global pandemic preparedness and health coordination.

USAID headquarters staff placed on leave and foreign assistance programs halted — dismantling decades of global health, famine relief, and democracy-promotion infrastructure.