National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya responded to complaints from nearly 4,500 of his scientist employees protesting his leadership of the premier biomedical research agency. Bhattacharya responded in a social media post on X to the complaints of thousands of NIH employees who signed a petition-style complaint about problems the agency has experienced since

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya claimed the dean of Stanford Medical School asked him to stop speaking with the press

Sixty-six current and 23 recently-terminated staff at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with 253 anonymous colleagues, sent an open letter to Director Jay Bhattacharya today, calling on him to reverse controversial policies cutting support for research.

During a Senate hearing, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., said the last few months have been “bumpy,” while underscoring Congress’ role in approving a budget and taking full responsibility for the agency’s move away from “politicized science.”

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, repeatedly pledged during the hour and a half hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee that the 40 percent cut would not change the agency’s commitment to research that keeps America at the forefront of scientific and medical innovation.

Jay Bhattacharya, the the agency’s director, has made a point of welcoming dissent. A letter from his officials will test that.

Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term

U.S. senators grilled National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Jayanta Bhattacharya at a hearing on 10 June about how his professed support for science squares with unprecedented funding delays and research-grant terminations at the agency this year,