"...The writers asked that the academies affirm that evidence is apolitical; that report language be preserved without editing ”to suit political or ideological concerns” and that the academies seek bridge funding from other large nonprofit organizations to remain operational..."

"...Yet that term alludes to a core value to which we in medicine and public health are deeply committed,” the letter read. Stripping the term, the letter said, “goes against our values as members, the published principles of NAM/NASEM, and decades of scientific work on health inequities..."