The US is losing its next generation of health scientists
The U.S. research and training infrastructure is under attack by the Trump administration, and there have been destructive ...
Using cell science to fight nuclear weapons: How is Pluri revolutionizing health and food tech?
Pluri is using cell-based technology to do everything from curing radiation sickness to creating large amounts of meat and ...
Nature3d
Public-health experts should be more political, not less
Health has always been political, long before Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr took power. Denying this is what’s been ...
GBH13d
Mass. secretary of economic development defends life sciences amid federal cuts
Yvonne Hao expressed strong opposition to proposed federal cuts to NIH funding, warning they could threaten the state’s ...
The Conversation24d
Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness
Chris Impey has received funding from NASA, the National Science Foundation ... of funding to the National Institutes of Health generates US$2.46 in economic activity, which is why a recent ...
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center ...
University of Illinois Extension1d
ACES experts provide testimony in support of USDA funding, Farm Bill
“Illinois Extension depends on USDA support for 43% of its budget, with 19% from Smith-Lever and 23% from SNAP-Ed,” ...
Science-Based Medicine1d
Islamic Medicine and the Biopolitics of Antiscience in Iran
Born in 1962 in Najaf, Iraq, Tabrizian is a high-ranked Shi’a cleric (an ayatollah) and a graduate of major Shi’a seminaries. Although he is currently the most prominent figure in Islamic medicine in ...
University of California, San Francisco9d
NIH Funding Drives UCSF’s Pursuit of Better Health for All
UCSF received $815 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year for research that will improve ...
The Lancet1d
A turning point for global health: challenge or opportunity?
Investments in programmes such as the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, ...
Marketplace5h
New technology helps blind sports fans level up their arena experience
The OneCourt device gives blind and low-vision sports fans the opportunity to engage with basketball games through touch.
Opinion
Make America Healthy Again—With the Right Solutions | Opinion
If we want a healthier country, we should be educating and enabling Americans to make responsible choices at the grocery store. Too many Americans are misled by convenience or misleading marketing, ...