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American Diabetes Association Delays Journal Piece on Conference Protest Pending Review
@statnews reported that ADA leaders prevented Diabetes Care editors from publishing an editorial and accounts about five specialists ejected from the group's June meeting in New Orleans. The pieces remain available on an open-access site.
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Leaders of the American Diabetes Association blocked editors at its flagship journal Diabetes Care from publishing an opinion piece and first-person accounts about a controversy at the group's annual meeting, @statnews reported on July 16, 2026. The controversy centered on five diabetes specialists who were escorted out of a conference center in New Orleans in early June for handing out reprints of an editorial that expressed concern over cuts to federal research.
The incident occurred nearly five weeks before the July 16 report.
The ADA apologized for the evictions and pledged a formal review. It delayed publication of the editorial and accounts pending the outcome of that review. The spiked editorial and personal accounts are available on an open-access website.
In those pieces the ejected specialists detail their treatment. Prominent ADA members, including past leaders and one who resigned after the confrontation, express dismay over how the events were handled. All voice disappointment over the decision to suppress views opposing policies of the Trump administration.
They also disagree with how ADA leadership handled the episode and its aftermath.
