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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.
The Nation on MSN1d
NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence
Civil servants usually keep a low profile. These NIH employees are putting themselves at risk by calling out the Trump ...
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Why autism researchers aren’t convinced NIH can keep science and politics separate
A new $50 million NIH initiative to find the causes of autism faces questions about transparency and independence.
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'Injecting politics into NIH': Senators drill Jay Bhattacharya in hearing over $18B budget cut proposal
During a Senate hearing, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., said the last few ...
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NIH grant cuts have pulled $2B from medical schools, academic hospitals: AAMC
National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant terminations have pulled almost $2 billion in funding away from U.S. | In a new ...
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 ...
After Trump’s shocking move, health expert calls GOP ‘a fascist death cult. God help us’
Gabrielle A. Perry — the founder and executive director of The Thurman Perry Foundation, a Louisiana-based nonprofit — ...