NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research

NIH employees publish ‘The Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of trump’s policies on health research

On Monday, June 9, scores of NIH scientists sent a letter titled The Bethesda Declaration to the new NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya. It begins with the words — For staff across the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we dissent to Administration...

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing cuts

WASHINGTON — In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. "Dissent," he said, "is the very essence of science."

US pharma industry’s lead under threat

US preeminence in the pharmaceutical industry is under threat, two experts argued. Drug discovery was once led by private companies, but now half of new patents stem from academia, with US institutions accounting for 87% of those, Kevin Gardner and Michael Kinch wrote in STAT News. That dominance allows the US to attract the world’s best scientists. But US institutions beset by cuts and competition could soon find their own researchers being poa…

NIH Staff Lambaste Agency Head for Censorship of Science

Hundreds of staff at the National Institutes of Health are publicly condemning the agency’s actions in recent months, including firing thousands of workers and canceling research grants for projects that don’t align with the Trump administration’s ideologies.

Proposed loan caps could worsen doctor shortage

President Trump's proposed budget would make deep cuts in government health plans and medical research, and, critics say, could also make finding a doctor more difficult. It restricts loans that students rely on to pursue professional graduate degrees, making the…

Basic research should be supported and encouraged - The Leavenworth Times

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