Sciences Address Harassment; #MeTooSTEM Wants Funds Cut Too (1)

The #MeToo movement has crept quickly and rapidly across industries since its explosion over a year ago, and the science professions haven’t been excluded. The National Institutes of Health is revamping its sexual harassment policies in response to workers speaking out, but some say that’s not enough.

The NIH funds almost $37.3 billion in medical research each year, according to its website, much of that going to private research entities such as Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Advocates for the #MeTooSTEM movement, a Twitter hashtag dealing with harassment in scientific settings, want to see funding yanked ...