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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 ...
NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs ...
In letter, more than 300 scientists rebuke Trump research cuts, NIH director
Hundreds of scientists via the National Institute of Health signed a letter in protest to NIH leadership and recent cuts by ...
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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 ...
The Scientist5d
NIH Scientists Issue ‘Bethesda Declaration’ to Protest Research Politicization
In an open letter, researchers and staff at the National Institutes of Health raise concerns over recent policy changes.
Nature5d
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.
Fierce Biotech6d
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 ...
‘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.
Becker's Hospital Review6d
Hundreds of NIH members condemn research cuts: 5 notes
More than 300 staff members across the National Institutes of Health’s 27 institutes sent a letter to the agency’s director June 9, condemning disruptions to medical research and cuts to essential ...