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Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy
American Diabetes Association blocked publication of op-ed articles so the authors posted them as a preprint.
TL;DR
- Five scientists were removed from the ADA annual meeting for distributing an editorial critical of the Trump administration.
- The deputy editors of Diabetes Care have posted their own articles online after the ADA refused to publish them.
- Accusations suggest ADA leadership knew in advance about the distribution and planned the scientists' removal.
- Tensions may stem from a previously organized session that ADA leadership deemed "unbalanced."
- One author claims the ADA's actions were a "premeditated attack" and an "existential threat to the ADA."
- The ADA CEO previously apologized for the initial incident, promising an independent review, but the deputy editors claim little has been addressed.
- Resignations have occurred among ADA leadership and committee members in response to the controversy.