Lincoln Memorial is closed because of the shutdown

The government shutdown is only on Day 2, but there has already been a profoundly negative effect. While you may have heard about tourists locked out of National Parks and museum closures, the effects of the shutdown have been felt all across the nation. One of the hardest hit sectors has been science and healthcare, an ironic turn of events that coincides with the launching of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Here is an update on how the shutdown has affected science and healthcare.

– The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is partially shutdown, which means that outbreak investigations on diseases such as Hepatitis A, salmonella and the flu are no longer taking place (and it’s flu season!) 

President Obama during a visit to the NIH. The NIH is now forced to turn people away from life-saving clinical trials.

– The NIH is turning away patients from clinical trial. Often times, patients seeking entry into clinical trials at the NIH have been failed by all other treatments, and view the NIH as a last chance at survival. So far, approximately 200 patients have been turned away from potentially life-saving treatment. 

– Federally funded research labs ranging from Hawaii and Alaska to Pennsylvania have been shuttered. Research into vaccines and cancer drugs have halted. 

– PubMed, the go-to research service for all scientists, nurses, physician assistants, public health workers and physicians, is being operated at a very limited capacity

– Research.gov is shutdown

We’d love to hear your feedback! Tweet us with your shutdown stories @sindc. 

Contributor: Alex F.  

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