NIH Nominee Bhattacharya Threatens Senate Status Quo: ‘Science Should Be an Engine for Freedom’

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

Senate Democrats and some Republicans liked the status quo at the National Institutes of Health before the second Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency started closely scrutinizing its grant decisions, headcount and wildly generous reimbursement for “indirect costs” to institutions at the expense of money for their researchers

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Key Senator Says U.S. Vaccine Safety System Failing, Urges Reforms to Testing and Liability

Sen. Ron Johnson

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who next month will begin overseeing the Senate’s most powerful investigative body, says the government’s vaccine safety system is no longer protecting Americans adequately because of conflicts of interest and lack of transparency, and he is vowing to work with the incoming Trump administration to press for sweeping reforms.

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