The Trump administration fired all 22 members of the National Science Board, the advisory body for the National Science Foundation.

From a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring perspective, preventative healthcare for adults is not considered a cost-saver because extending lifespans leads to other, later-in-life healthcare expenditures.

The Department of Health and Human Services' decision to no longer recommend the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could result in hundreds of preventable infections and millions of dollars in future healthcare costs, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics.