NIH scientists go public to denounce Trump’s deep cuts in health research

Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers sign letter criticizing agency policies: We dissent'

In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. Dissent," he said, is the very essence of science."

That commitment is being put to the test.