Reprints vs Restraints: Scientists Ejected at Diabetes Conference Over Editorial

Five senior scientists, including Diabetes Care editor-in-chief Steven Kahn and former ADA president Desmond Schatz, were escorted out of the American Diabetes Association’s annual meeting in New Orleans after handing out reprints of an editorial critical of the Trump administration’s science policy; the ADA says they violated its conference code of conduct, while critics call the move censorship. The incident occurred near a session with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya (who canceled and was replaced by another NIH official). Kahn has asked to be readmitted to the conference.