Oregon Health & Science University is the state’s largest recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Democrats Gov. Tina Kotek and newly elected Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield have vowed to resist Trump’s changes on everything from health care to immigration, and in recent days they’ve joined attorneys general from numerous states to sue the Trump administration over five directives.

Leaders in Oregon say proposed cuts by the Trump Administration to the National Institutes of Health would ravage funding to develop urgently needed treatments for fatal conditions like cancer and heart and neurodegenerative disease.

Oregon medical researchers and three Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation warned that the Trump Administration’s efforts to curtail funding will hamper the ability of the state’s sc

Should they hold up in court, the cuts are very likely to cost jobs at OHSU and perhaps beyond. United for Medical Research, a nonprofit that advocates for NIH funding, says the agency’s dollars support more than 5,000 jobs in Oregon, fostering almost $1 billion in economic activity (see table, below).

Two rallies in Portland were held as part of a Day of Action in response to President Trump's executive order to cut federal programs.

(KOIN) – In a local outcry for science, a large rally formed in response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders to cut federal spending within the National Institutes of Health.