Ninety-two scientists added their names to a letter, the Bethesda Declaration, which calls out the Trump administration's handling of the NIH and the cutting of more than 2,100 research grants and ...

The federal government is full of scientists who lend their expertise to key decisions about our food, medicines, environment ...

Nevertheless, respectful dissent in science is productive. We all want the NIH to succeed.” The NIH’s nearly $48 billion budget makes it the world’s largest public funder of scientific research.

NPR 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 National ...

In his confirmation hearings to lead the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. "Dissent," he said, "is the very essence of science." ...

In a rare public stand, 92 NIH scientists signed the Bethesda Declaration, condemning sweeping grant cuts and politicization under Trump leadership.

The letter, named for NIH's headquarters in Maryland, expresses the scientists' "dissent" and outrage over Trump administration policies "that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources ...

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research Scores of scientists at the agency sent their Trump-appointed leader a letter titled the Bethesda ...

In a written response, Bhattacharya said the Bethesda Declaration "has some fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken in recent months, including the continuing support ...

In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.