CMAJ urges more Canadian health research amid cuts to U.S. health agencies – CTV
March 31, 2025
TORONTO — The Canadian Medical Association Journal is urging Canada to step up its research funding to fill a void expected to be left by deep cuts to health agencies in the United States.
In an editorial published in the CMAJ on Monday, editor-in-chief Kirsten Patrick said it’s also important for medical journals to stand up for science and condemn the erosion of public health surveillance and data collection south of the border.
“Reliable North American health data that originate from Canada are more important than they ever have been,” Patrick wrote.
“Now is the time to fund Canadian health researchers properly and to support them to share their work.”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has said it is slashing public health funding and staffing at the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and other agencies.
In an interview, Patrick predicted that will leave a “black hole” as high-quality data and research that Canada and other countries rely on disappears.
