Public transit systems 'on the edge of a cliff' amid funding shortfalls

Federal funding cuts are reshaping how critical scientific and public health needs are met in communities across the country. Prakash Nagarkatti, a leading scientist and professor at the University of South Carolina, is facing the challenges that come with those cuts. His work focuses on advancing biomedical research and expanding opportunities for students in underfunded regions, but cuts to National Institutes of Health funding have ended one of the long-standing programs that funded this work