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Northwestern researcher among group kicked out of conference for distributing paper critical of Trump

A Northwestern researcher was among five people removed from the ADA annual meeting for distributing an editorial.
The group’s removal occurred before a scheduled keynote by the NIH director at the New Orleans conference.
The copies distributed were from an editorial in the ADA journal Diabetes Care criticizing Trump’s science policies and NIH funding cuts.
Police warned the five attendees they would be arrested if they tried to return to the conference.
The ADA stated the removals were for violating the conference’s code of conduct.
The editorials’ views do not represent the ADA or its involvement in writing the piece.
The editorial criticized Trump’s impact on biomedical research and NIH funding.
The incident drew attention amid broader fears about federal rule changes affecting research grants.
The incident involved the distribution of copies of the editorial at the conference.

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