Hundreds of National Institutes of Health workers sent a letter to Director Jay Bhattacharya protesting the Trump ...

“For staff across the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we dissent to Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and ...

More than 90 NIH scientists signed their names to the “Bethesda Declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they ...

The letter describes the researchers' action as "dissent" from the administration's policies, quoting NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya in his congressional confirmation hearing as saying, "Dissent is ...

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.

It’s highly unusual for so many agency officials to denounce their own leadership and the White House in such a public way.

The letter, including 92 signed names and 250 anonymous but verified signatories, shares concerns that research is being politicized, global collaboration is being interrupted and that budget and ...

In addition to the firing of probationary workers, NIH fired 1,200 civil servants as part of a rapid “reduction in force” at federal health agencies. During a May 19 town hall meeting with NIH staff, ...

The letter is an extraordinary rebuke of the Trump administration’s actions against the NIH, which include: terminating hundreds of grants funding scientific and biomedical research; firing more than ...