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Harvard research stalls as federal funding freeze halts medical and scientific projects

Harvard University’s research landscape has come to a standstill following a $2.6 billion federal funding freeze, a consequence of a political standoff with the Trump administration over antisemitism-related demands. Critical scientific projects on diseases and mental health have been shelved, labs shuttered, and staff laid off—threatening decades of progress and raising alarm over the politicization of academic inquiry.