Counting the cost of Donald Trump's attack on American science

Rebecca Simmons has been working in science in the US for over five decades, but she has never seen the field in the turmoil it is today. A doctor and researcher, she and her colleagues had wanted to investigate why Black women are more likely to experience complications during pregnancy including stillbirths, high blood pressure and preterm deliveries. But then, on inauguration day, an executive order from president Donald Trump forbade any federal grants for work related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). An official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world's largest public source of biomedical finance,…