President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) is blocking dozens of federal grants that funneled millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money into fighting the tax-paying public’s “vaccine hesitancy.”
The grants were authorized under former President Joe Biden to supposedly tackle “vaccine skepticism” among the general public.
According to an internal email obtained by The Washington Post this week with the subject line “required terminations — 3/10/25,” the agency had “received a new list… of awards that need to be terminated, today.
“It has been determined they do not align with NIH funding priorities related to vaccine hesitancy and/or uptake.”
Over 40 huge taxpayer-funded grants are on the chopping block, according to the Post.
When notifying researchers of the NIH’s termination, they should be told “not to prioritize research activities that focus on gaining scientific knowledge on why individuals are hesitant to be vaccinated and/or explore ways to improve vaccine interest and commitment.”
The report comes four years after Biden’s administration spent millions to combat so-called “misinformation.”
Much of the effort targeted dissenting views related to Covid mRNA “vaccines” in 2021.
A November report by government watchdog group Open the Books found that at least $267 million was spent on research grants and contracts related to “misinformation” or “disinformation.”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allocated more than $17 million over three weeks in February 2021, CBS News reported at the time.
The funds were funneled to 15 organizations advocating for black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American populations.
Progressive groups UnidosUS and National Urban League were granted $3.2 million and $2 million, respectively.
The campaign was highlighted in a now-archived CDC page titled “Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death By Race/Ethnicity” in December 2022.
The department reported that black people are more likely to contract COVID-19 than white people.
The Open the Books report said:
“Sure enough, the feds have spent at least $127 million in grants specifically targeted to study the spread of ‘misinformation’ — or to help people ‘overcome’ it, so to speak — by persuading them to go along with Covid-related public health recommendations and mandates.”
It’s unclear if the cancelation of grants came from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
However, Trump and his top officials have been highly critical of the previous administration’s spending.
X boss Elon Musk, the head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has also been taking a scalpel to DEI-related funding and wasteful spending.
It comes amid Trump’s effort to downsize the federal government.
Kennedy has been focusing on reforming food policies and expanding healthcare coverage since his controversial Senate confirmation last month.
He is also pushing to hold big pharmaceutical companies accountable for their actions.
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