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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

"Things at NIH are bad, and US science is being harmed"

This week, NIH advisors rebuked RFK for harming #NIH and US science. Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported it. Then RFK posted calling her sources anonymous or corrupt. I'll say this hoping it does good: I'm an NIH scientist, I'm not anonymous, and RFK Jr is destroying NIH. More in attachment:

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— Mark Histed (@markhisted.org) October 20, 2026 at 8:41 PM

There really isn't more that I can add, and I note the launch of new developments like https://data.nih.gov/ and https://health.nih.gov/ with many questions I'm too exhausted by work and life currently to ask.