Five scientists, including the editor-in-chief of America's leading diabetes journal, were removed from the field's premier annual conference after handing out a research editorial criticising the Trump administration's dismantling of biomedical science.
On 5 June 2026, police escorted the researchers out of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans during the American Diabetes Association's annual scientific sessions. The incident unfolded moments before the Trump-appointed director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, was scheduled to deliver the keynote address. Bhattacharya cancelled his appearance at the last moment, and a senior NIH adviser addressed the crowd instead.
