Nevertheless, respectful dissent in science is productive. We all want the NIH to succeed.” The NIH’s nearly $48 billion budget makes it the world’s largest public funder of scientific research.

National Institutes of Health scientist Warren Casey is attempting to silence the White Coat Waste Project. He mustn't be allowed to succeed.

They called it the Bethesda Declaration, for the location of the NIH. “We hope you will welcome this dissent, which we modeled after your Great Barrington Declaration,” the staffers wrote.

The letter, named for NIH's headquarters in Maryland, expresses the scientists' "dissent" and outrage over Trump administration policies "that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources ...

Jenna Norton ,who works as a researcher at the NIH, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Bethesda, Md., Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ...

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Public Health ‘We dissent’: NIH workers protest Trump policies that ‘harm the health of Americans’ Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health on Monday openly protested the Trump ...

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya defends open disagreement, criticizes groupthink, and argues that democracy depends on our ability to speak and listen across political and scientific divides.

Jun 10, 2025 Jun 10, 2025 ‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ Rachana Pradhan and Eric HarkleroadPhotos by Eric HarkleroadJune 9, 2025 ...