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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research
On Monday, scores of scientists at the agency sent their Trump-appointed leader a letter titled the Bethesda Declaration, ...
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 ...
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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.
"We dissent": NIH scientists sign declaration against Trump's research cuts
National Institute of Health scientists signed a declaration decrying the cuts to healthcare and medical research by the ...
‘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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NIH Scientists Criticize, Protest Policies In Open Letter To Jay Bhattacharya
In a written response shared with the AP, Bhattacharya defended the agency’s direction, insisting the letter “has some ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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‘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 ...