One year ago today, 300+ NIH scientists and staff risked their livelihoods by signing the Bethesda Declaration to call out government leadership for harms to science and patients...
...today, their new report documents continuing harm to science and the American public.
www.27unihted.org/bd-home
This just out in Diabetes Care. The need to highlight the destructive plans of the administration continues. Everyone needs to post comments to the OMB website. Relevant links in the article. Don’t delay!! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
The brave @sekahn.bsky.social removed from the ADA for distributed a publisehd op-ed critical of the admin is here on Bluesky. Give him a follow.
Good discussion of the losses to science agencies, including a call out to Bethesda Declaration: one year later.
federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
The proposed new rules on federal funding are another blow to 🇺🇸 science
But they will also harm international collaborations, the lifeblood of science and health 🌐
Where is the US medical leadership and outrage?
My new piece @bmj_latest
www.bmj.com/content/393/...
STAT story on the report and the situation.
www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/n...
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Science story about today’s Bethesda Declaration report.
www.science.org/content/arti...
New report from the Bethesda Declaration team, taking stock after a year.
www.27unihted.org/bethesda-dec...
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🧪This is history in the making.
On this day last year, @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social et al. penned the #BethesdaDeclaration criticizing the politicization of the #NIH.
Cancer research grants supporting clinical trials were terminated, halting clinical trials. Fewer grants were funded.🧪
Worth a read. Many have taken note of the growing solidarity in the science community in opposition to the OMB proposed rule. But this must be just the start.
For an example, we can look to @sekahn.bsky.social, Justin Ryder & co who spoke up at ADA and were removed for it.
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Steven E. Kahn, Cheryl A.M. Anderson, John B. Buse, Elizabeth Selvin, Vanita R. Aroda, Seth A. Berkowitz, Matthew J. Crowley, Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick, Meg
diabetesjournals.org
New research from the Partnership for Public Service finds that many science agencies were cut deeply in the Trump administration’s workforce overhauls.
In a report published on the first anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, 71 staffers write that they feel NIH leadership “largely ignored" their concerns
www.statnews.com
Follow-up report by current and former agency employees describes ongoing science censorship by political appointees and “culture of fear”
I grew up in apartheid S Africa, where muzzling of speech and encroachment on academic freedom were the norm. I came to the USA to pursue a career in science. I never thought that at this stage of my career, I would ever experience my youth again. #StandUpForScience #ADA #ADA2026
