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Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.
It’s highly unusual for so many agency officials to denounce their own leadership and the White House in such a public way.
NIH scientists challenge Trump administration policies, risking careers to uphold scientific integrity and public health.
In a written response shared with the AP, Bhattacharya defended the agency’s direction, insisting the letter “has some ...
Senators grilled NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya the day after more than 300 NIH staff members sent him a fiery letter ...
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 ...
More than 300 NIH employees wrote to their agency's director to decry untenable staff and budget cuts they deem political.