The zone is flooded
The White House has been making a lot of headlines this week. One of the most significant stories, in my opinion, should be the Trump administration's freeze of NIH hiring, travel, grant review, and external communication. NIH is by far the largest funder of biomedical research in the world.
This development is being reported in scientific journals, but barely making it above water anywhere else. I couldn't find any mention of it in the New York Times.
The zone is flooded.