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NIH Director's COVID Comments Spark Staff Walkout
TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a ...
NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology
Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya ...
Plan to restructure NIH would stall science, not streamline it
The current system of specialized institutes at the NIH has led to transformative breakthroughs in cancer therapies, heart ...
Kennedy unilaterally ends COVID vaccine recommendation for children and pregnant women
HHS Secretary Kennedy unilaterally struck down the CDC recommendation to offer COVID-19 vaccination to healthy children and ...
Walkout during NIH director’s town hall
Dozens of NIH staffers walked out of a town hall with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya earlier this month. When his son needed a $2.2 ...
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NIH director bemoans RIFs, mocks ‘5 things’ email and says agency shoulders blame for COVID outbreak in first address
New agency head also says some laid off employees may be recalled, including to help address supply shortages at labs and ...
Trump's NIH director said agency 'got rid' of all beagle experiments on campus. Here's what we know
Animal welfare groups had long accused the National Institutes of Health of killing thousands of beagles in septic shock experiments.
RFK Jr. ends COVID vaccine for healthy children, pregnant women. What officials say
RFK Jr. and other public health officials announced the COVID vaccine won't be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
Agencies ax some COVID vaccine recommendations
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