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medpage on Instagram: "BREAKING: Members of the American Diabetes Association (@amdiabetesassn) were escorted by police out of the convention center in Ne…" BREAKING: Members of the American Diabetes Association (@amdiabetesassn) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting #ADA2026 on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research.Steven Kahn, MBChB, Aaron Kelly, PhD, past ADA president Desmond Schatz, MD, Justin Ryder, PhD, Irl Hirsch, MD, and at least one other member were handing out printed copies of the editorial outside of a keynote speech given by an NIH official.A video taken by MedPage Today shows Kelly being shoved by an officer wearing a badge of a local Constable's office, with Louisiana State Police following close behind. A plainclothes security agent rips the editorials from Kahn's hands.Kahn is then asked to step outside with the officers and security detail.In a separate video provided to MedPage Today, Kahn and Ryder were shown outside of the convention center talking with police after they were escorted outside. Kelly, who was also outside taking the video, said they were "threatened to be arrested for handing out the editorial."In a text message to MedPage Today, Kahn said he and colleagues subsequently walked to another part of the convention center and "they caught up with us again and told us if we come in again we will be arrested."Read the full story at the link in bio.View all 5,639 comments https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZNnB7UEpsu/