NIH scientists speak out

By rahmat hidayat

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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Jenna Norton, Ian Morgan and Anna Culbertson, Bethesda. June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Dozens of scientists, researchers and other employees at the U.S. National Institutes of Health issued a rare public rebuke, criticizing the Trump administration for major spending cuts that "harm the health of Americans and people across the globe," politicize research and "waste public resources."

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