There are many who celebrate his candidacy for the NIH job — not just those dead set against public health restrictions.
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'Wrong,' 'misleading,' and 'reasonable': How Jay Bhattacharya became, for some, the least bad option to run NIH Bhattacharya is a person of contradictions: a man reprimanded in court for refusing to acknowledge evidence but also held up as a champion for it, an academic who's called Covid-19 vaccines a "triumph of science" but written they might be "more harmful than beneficial" for younger adults and kids, and an expert who's warned against the "rule" of experts but accepted the nomination when he's the one who'll be given the keys. Read more. By Eric Boodman |
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Even critics of the scientific establishment give Trump's drama-filled weeks mixed reviews STAT interviewed nearly two dozen people who had argued for institutional reform or expressed openness to the new administration — and found decidedly mixed emotions about the first six weeks. Read more. By Jason Mast
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Cancellation of NIH summer internships disrupts 'vital' training program for U.S. scientists Satchel Bell, an aspiring molecular biologist, was hoping to spend his summer in a research lab. But he won't be doing it at the NIH. The agency abruptly cancelled a longtime summer internship program that has given more than 1,000 college students hands-on research training — a step many current scientists say was critical to embarking on a biomedical career. Read more. By Usha Lee McFarling
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