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Shi En Kim is an editorial fellow at HCN covering science, environment and society. Feel free to email her at shien.kim@hcn.org to speak with her about these topics and more or submit a letter to the editor. You can follow her work on Twitter at @goes_by_kim.
Staff outside D.C. headquarters respond to funding freeze and other orders from the new administration.