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Non-profit organizations
fromwww.nature.com
1 week ago

Trump administration ousts top NIH infectious disease leaders

Three senior NIAID officials were told to accept reassignment outside the institute or resign amid widespread leadership turnover under the Trump administration.
Coronavirus
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

NIH director launches "Scientific Freedom" lectures with non-scientist

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya launched 'Scientific Freedom Lectures' featuring a journalist with fringe COVID and climate views, prioritizing his personal censorship grievances over scientific rigor.
Public health
fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up

Bhattacharya delegates NIH leadership to deputies, is publicly visible as 'Podcast Jay', and is expected to enable RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda at the CDC.
Public health
fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Trump admin is "destroying medical research," Senate report finds

Widespread NIH leadership vacancies and expiring advisory committees threaten grant approvals; nominee Bhattacharya gave equivocal vaccine-autism answers, raising concerns about anti-vaccine influence.
US politics
fromTruthout
7 months ago

Scientists Call Appointment of JD Vance's Friend to Top NIH Position "Cronyism"

Kyle Walsh was appointed director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences without a search or open position during an NIH hiring freeze.
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