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Coronavirus
fromArs Technica
1 week 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 weeks 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
1 month 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
4 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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