They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted Trump administration has dismissed experts and patient advocates on dozens of committees

https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/hhs-science-bioethics-advisory-committees-disbanded/ Federal science and bioethics advisers, cast aside Since January, President Trump’s administration has terminated nearly four dozen committees that provide advice to various agencies within HHS. These groups worked on hospital infection control, made recommendations for long Covid research, assessed which genetic conditions newborns should be screened for, and more. More than half of the terminated panels are groups of outside experts assembled by the NIH to review grant applications for specialized topics unique to individual institutes. “It’s really more about people that measure up to the qualifications by their obedience to a political orthodoxy, rather than based upon science and evidence,” said Lawrence Gostin, who was dismissed from a position on an advisory board to the Fogarty International Center. Just weeks before being let go, he met with Bhattacharya at a dinner for the center and tried to make a case for continued funding. Read more from STAT’s Megan Molteni, with, once again, Anil. (Newsletter hat trick for Anil today!)