A federal prosecutor sent a letter to another medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, the journal said on April 23.
The journal received a letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, a spokeswoman told The Epoch Times in an email.
Dr. Eric Rubin, who works at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is the journal’s editor-in-chief, responded to the letter by telling the office that the journal “publishes evidence-based scientific information that physicians can trust in delivering high-quality medical care.”
Rubin wrote that the journal’s editors, all practicing physicians, “recognize our responsibility to doctors and patients” and “use rigorous peer review and editorial processes to ensure the objectivity and reliability of the research we publish.”…