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Why autism researchers aren’t convinced NIH can keep science and politics separate
A new $50 million NIH initiative to find the causes of autism faces questions about transparency and independence.
‘Frankly catastrophic’: NIH chief faces Senate questions on budget cuts that threaten Mass.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, repeatedly pledged during the hour and a half hearing before the Senate ...
Why 30,000 purple and American flags are planted in front of the US Capitol
There’s a mix of American and purple flags on the National Mall in D.C. to represent the millions who suffer from migraines ...
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Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya shared the ... maintained and tested for accuracy raises red flags," the statement read. Kennedy, who has voiced anti-vaccine views and shared debunked claims ...
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'$9 Billion That Went To Other Things Like Flowers': Markwayne Mullin Embarrasses Himself, Claims NIH Funding Is Spent On Campus Decoration
During a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing earlier this week, GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin embarrasses himself by failing to understand what indirect costs are in NIH research funding to ...
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How fake citations appeared in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report: Here are generative AI’s red flags in studies
Another finding in the MAHA report about asthma drug prescriptions said "an estimated 25-40% of mild cases are overprescribed," citing a nonexistent article. Pediatric pulmonologist Dr. Harold J.
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White House orders NIH to research trans 'regret' and 'detransition'
The NIH now has to decide the scope and design of ... integrity of the National Institutes of Health." Among the red flags in the directive is the language, Shanker and others say.
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NIH closes experimentation labs accused of brutally killing thousands of beagles for 40+ years
National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Jay Bhattacharya recently announced on Fox News the agency closed its last in-house beagle laboratory on the NIH campus. The announcement comes just ...
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RFK Jr. threatens to stop NIH scientists from publishing in ‘corrupt’ medical journals
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists from publishing in three top medical journals Tuesday, alleging that the ...
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NIH cuts funding for vaccine-hesitancy research. mRNA research may be next
The latest target? Millions of dollars in NIH grants for studying vaccine hesitancy and how to improve immunization levels. It's work that's particularly relevant as a measles outbreak grips the ...