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NIH Scientists Still Face Layoffs Despite RFK Jr.'s Reassurances
- About 200 employees at the National Institutes of Health received layoff notices last month, with terminations set for June 2, 2025.
- The layoffs occurred despite HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s May 14 Senate testimony claiming no working scientists have been cut.
- Among those facing termination are prominent scientists such as Richard Youle, a longtime NIH researcher honored in 2021 with a $3 million Breakthrough Prize for his Parkinson’s disease research, along with other specialists focused on dopamine signaling and neurodegenerative disorders.
- Following the announcement of layoffs, Youle was offered four positions, with three opportunities coming from institutions outside the United States, while several other affected laboratories include 11 research groups staffed by roughly 100 primarily early-career trainees whose professional paths face significant disruption.
- Layoffs at NIH remain in effect weeks later despite promises from NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to reverse them, raising concerns about losing top scientists abroad.
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