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‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’
Hundreds of National Institutes of Health workers sent a letter to Director Jay Bhattacharya protesting the Trump ...
‘We dissent’: NIH officials issue declaration, say Trump’s agenda puts public at risk
It’s highly unusual for so many agency officials to denounce their own leadership and the White House in such a public way.
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Planned NIH Cuts Threaten Americans’ Health, Senators Charge in Tense Hearing
Senators grilled NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya the day after more than 300 NIH staff members sent him a fiery letter ...
NIH scientists sign open letter criticizing Trump administration's grant cancellations, firings
More than 300 scientists from the NIH signed an open letter on Monday to director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, criticizing the Trump ...
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 ...
NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies
Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the ...
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the ...
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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KFF Health News: ‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest President Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’
In a June 9 letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, NIH workers said they felt “compelled to speak up when our leadership ...
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An Uproar at the NIH
NIH officials have tried to voice their concerns in other ... have become unusually public in defying political leadership, too. Last month, after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—in ...
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300-plus NIH staffers demand director reverse funding and workforce cuts
Hundreds of current and former staffers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are urging agency Director Jay ...