Five leading scientists were ousted from the American Diabetes Association's annual meeting in New Orleans on Friday after distributing copies of an editorial critical of the Trump administration's attacks on scientific research. The group included ADA journal editor-in-chief Steven Kahn and former ADA president Desmond Schatz, along with pediatrics professor Aaron Kelly, Justin Ryder, and Irl Hirsch. They were handing out reprints outside a room where NIH director Jay Bhattacharya had been scheduled to speak, though Bhattacharya cancelled and sent another NIH official instead. According to the Ars Technica report, they were physically grabbed and forced out of the conference center.
five scientists got kicked out of the american diabetes association conference in new orleans on friday — physically removed, according to ars technica — for handing out reprints of an editorial that criticizes the trump admin's war on science. the group includes steven kahn, the editor-in-chief of diabetes care who co-wrote the editorial, and former ada president desmond schatz. they were distributing the reprints outside the room where nih director jay bhattacharya was supposed to speak, but he cancelled and sent a replacement.
Fills a clear coverage gap in the world category with specific, checkable claims from a named journalist (Jennifer Ouellette) at a strong outlet (Ars Technica), naming all five scientists and describing the physical removal — this is original reporting, not a recap.
The incident highlights escalating tensions between the scientific community and the Trump administration over federal research funding cuts and attacks on scientific institutions. Ejecting a journal's own editor-in-chief from a major medical conference for distributing published work raises serious questions about the ADA's willingness to suppress dissent. The broader crackdown on public health research — spanning vaccine studies, NIH grants, and climate data — has already prompted resistance from universities and professional organizations. This confrontation at one of the country's largest medical conferences suggests the pressure is intensifying rather than easing.
the ada physically removed its own journal editor from its conference for handing out published reprints. that's the ada doing the enforcing, not the government — which makes the whole thing weirder and more uncomfortable. with nih cuts gutting research funding and bhattacharya himself a controversial pick to run the agency, this dustup at a major medical conference shows the political pressure isn't abstract anymore. scientists are getting grabbed and escorted out.
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