On Monday, scores of scientists at the agency sent their Trump-appointed leader a letter titled the Bethesda Declaration, ...

More than 300 scientists from the NIH signed an open letter on Monday to director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, criticizing the Trump ...

Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.

National Institute of Health scientists signed a declaration decrying the cuts to healthcare and medical research by the ...

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

In a written response shared with the AP, Bhattacharya defended the agency’s direction, insisting the letter “has some ...

In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the ...

Senators grilled NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya the day after more than 300 NIH staff members sent him a fiery letter ...

Workers at the NIH sent a letter protesting the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency's budget, staff, and research.

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.