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Research & Scientific Integrity
Exclusive: U.S. federal research integrity teams take hits with departures
Source: Retraction Watch Two key offices charged with investigating fraud and holding scientists and institutions accountable for federal spending have seen top leadership depart.
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NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
Source: National Institutes of Health The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
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At the NIH, Intolerance Will No Longer Be Tolerated
Source: The Atlantic Jay Bhattacharya has spent years railing against the National Institutes of Health. What happens when he runs it?
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US judge bars Trump administration from cutting NIH research funding
Source: Reuters A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal grant funding for research.
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Cancellation of NIH summer internships disrupts ‘vital’ training program for U.S. scientists
Source: STAT The NIH cancelled an internship program that gave more than 1,000 college students hands-on research training each summer.
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Trump’s early actions imperil efforts to improve AI’s performance in medicine
Source: STAT RFK Jr. wants AI to improve rural health but Trump's actions disrupt research critical to ensure the technology isn't biased.
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Towards a World Wide Web powered by generative AI
Source: nature Generative AI is a cutting-edge technology capable of producing text, images, and various media content leveraging generative models and user prompts.
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Regulatory & Legal Compliance
First Circuit Demands ‘But For’ Causation Between Alleged Kickback and Claim Submission
Source: JD Supra A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit unanimously decided that in order to transform an Anti-Kickback Statute violation into a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of False Claims Act liability, the government must prove that the alleged kickbacks were the “but for” cause of the alleged false claim.
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Big fines coming for US export violations, says ex-Commerce official, as China sales probed
Source: Reuters The U.S. Commerce Department is likely to impose hefty fines on companies in the coming months for illegally shipping technology to customers in countries like China, a top department official who left last month said on Thursday.
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Stakeholders seek clarity, use of international standards in FDA protocol deviations guidance
Source: Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) Industry groups are asking the US FDA for more clarity about a proposed uniform system for classifying protocol deviations in clinical studies.
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Workplace Safety & Security
What hospitals can do to protect staff and patients when violence strikes a place of healing
Source: CNN Health care workers are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than employees in all other industries, government surveys have found.
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