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

NIH staff revolt over deep cuts and political interference in research

A historic internal letter signed by over 300 National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists is challenging their director and the Trump administration over sweeping cuts, politicized grant terminations, and a perceived assault on science.Katherine J. Wu reports for The Atlantic.In short:NIH staff from across all 27 institutes signed the “Bethesda Declaration,” pushing back against policies they say have derailed the agency’s mission.Since Janua…

Hundreds of NIH Employees “Dissent” to Challenge Agency Firings, Termination of Grants and Contracts

Some 340 employees at the National Institutes of Health penned a scathing letter to agency Director Jay Bhattacharya, objecting to the termination of over 2,000 research grants and the cancellation of over $12 billion in grants and contracts. The letter, entitled the “Bethesda Declaration,” reads, “We dissent to administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the …

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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 sign Bethesda Declaration to protect biomedical science through Trump administration

The declaration says that under the Trump administration, the National Institutes of Health has been forced to politicize and stigmatize important research.

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."