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Jay Bhattacharya responds to complaint from thousands of NIH employees
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya responded to complaints from nearly 4,500 of his scientist employees ...
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NIH chief sidesteps controversy while other officials court it
National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya didn't aggressively push back and defend Trump administration budget ...
An Uproar at the NIH
Jay Bhattacharya, the the agency’s director, has made a point of welcoming dissent. A letter from his officials will test ...
Trump administration slashes NIH funding to decade low, forcing cuts across universities and lab suppliers
The cuts, which go well beyond diversity-related programmes that the Trump administration has targeted, have already halted ...
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental ...
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NIH staff break ranks in open letter to Director Jay Bhattacharya
Sixty-six current and 23 recently-terminated staff at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with 253 anonymous ...
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Senators push back on Trump’s proposed $18 billion NIH budget cut
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya faced sharp questions Tuesday about the agency's proposed 2026 budget from Republican and ...
NIH director open to increased budget amid Senate unease
The National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya said he is open to an increased budget from Congress during a ...
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'Injecting politics into NIH': Senators drill Jay Bhattacharya in hearing over $18B budget cut proposal
During a Senate hearing, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., said the last few ...
NIH chief heads to Capitol Hill to defend Trump budget
Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump NIH chief poised to face budget ...
NIH director grilled by both parties for proposed research budget cuts
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Senate Appropriations Committee that Donald Trump's budget is "not a final thing," but Republicans and Democrats protested.
‘Frankly catastrophic’: NIH chief faces Senate questions on budget cuts that threaten Mass.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, repeatedly pledged during the hour and a half hearing before the Senate ...