National Institute of Health scientists signed a declaration decrying the cuts to healthcare and medical research by the Trump administration on Monday. Ninety-two scientists added their names to a letter, the Bethesda Declaration , which calls out the Trump administration's handling of the NIH and the cutting of more than 2,100 research grants and contracts, totaling more than $12 billion in federal funding.

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, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe."

The declaration points to canceled studies, including work on the long-lasting effects of COVID-19 and climate change-re

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