From Skift Meetings:
The National Institutes of Health, a linchpin of global biomedical research, has abruptly canceled its meetings, raising alarm across the medical meetings industry. As the new administration exerts its influence, planners grapple with uncertainty.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S.’s largest research agency, has canceled dozens of meetings under new guidance from the Trump administration regarding public communications from NIH staff.
One of the canceled meetings is the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. The meeting was to be held January 28-29 at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia.
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Further reading:
From Science: Trump Hits NIH with ‘Devastating’ Freezes on Meetings, Travel, Communications, and Hiring
From Vox: Researchers are terrified of Trump’s freeze on science. The rest of us should be, too.