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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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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 ...
NIH scientists have been angry for months. Now some are rebelling.
More than 90 NIH scientists sign their names to the “Bethesda declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they ...
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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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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.
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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 ...
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In letter, more than 300 scientists rebuke Trump research cuts, NIH director
In the open letter, they said the current endeavor to "Make America Healthy Again" referred to "some undefined time in the past." Related NIH funding cuts will hit red states, rural areas ...