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‘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.
NIH scientists publish declaration criticising Trump’s deep cuts in public health research
NIH scientists challenge Trump administration policies, risking careers to uphold scientific integrity and public health.
Scientific American5d
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 ...
MedCity News5d
‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’
The letter is an extraordinary rebuke of the Trump administration’s actions against the NIH, which include: terminating hundreds of grants funding scientific and biomedical research; firing more than ...
WVTF6d
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 ...
Nature6d
NIH chief stands by funding cuts to ‘politicized science’ at tense hearing
Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.
Baltimore Fishbowl5d
NIH staffers publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ as distress call; Dems move to protect them from retaliation
More than 300 NIH employees wrote to their agency's director to decry untenable staff and budget cuts they deem political.