HHS removes nearly one-fifth of sessions from early childhood research conference

Researchers said they were notified by email on June 16 that their sessions had been removed during HHS’s final review of the conference agenda. The cancellations are unusual because the presentations had been selected months earlier through a peer-review process after proposals were submitted last fall. Presenters were told only that “several revisions were required” as part of the department’s clearance process. A significantly revised conference agenda was posted on June 17, replacing the old one.