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STAT+: NIH staffers published a letter of dissent a year ago. They feel it’s been ignored
In a report published on the first anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, 71 staffers write that they feel NIH leadership “largely ignored" their concerns.
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According to STAT’s source item, STAT+: NIH staffers published a letter of dissent a year ago. They feel it’s been ignored, In a report published on the first anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, 71 staffers write that they feel NIH leadership “largely ignored“ their concerns.
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- STAT+: NIH staffers published a letter of dissent a year ago. They feel it’s been ignoredSTAT - 2026-06-09T13:00:00+00:00
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