HHS cuts funding for NIH-based Women's Health Initiative threatening decades-long study

HHS cuts funding for NIH-based Women's Health Initiative threatening decades-long study 
The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC); by Giuliana Grossi; 4/23/25 
HHS is defunding the regional research centers that have been conducting a long-term national health study focusing on preventive strategies for women's health since 1991, the largest study investigating women’s health in US history. The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) regional centers will close by September 2025, at the end of the fiscal year, according to an announcement from the NIH-based initiative. Investigators at the WHI were informed by HHS earlier this week, although formal written notice from HHS is still pending.