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‘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.
Antivaxxer or ‘highly capable’? Ex-Harvard Medical School expert tapped by RFK Jr. for vaccine panel defies easy labels
Some say the rush to categorize Martin Kulldorff underscores the intense polarization of public science that continues ...
NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies
Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the ...
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental ...
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the ...
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
Hundreds of scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a call for action they dubbed the Bethesda Declaration on Monday to push back against cutbacks and changes at the ...
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After Confirmation Along Party Lines, Jay Bhattacharya Sets Sights On Reforming NIH Research Funding
He co-authored the ‘Great Barrington Declaration,’ which opposed widespread lockdowns and promoted natural immunity for low-risk individuals over vaccination.
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RFK Jr. names new slate of vaccine advisers after purging CDC panel
For example, Kulldorff, an epidemiologist and biostatistician, helped write the Great Barrington Declaration with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, then a Stanford University professor who is now director of ...