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June 16, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Reagan Appointee: Trump NIH Cuts Represent “Racial Discrimination”
“Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?” asked Judge William Young, in a ruling that reinstated funding to the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, among other programs.
May 27, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
RFK Jr. Threatens Wild Ban on How NIH Scientists Can Share Work
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s conspiracy theories are about to hit medical journals.
May 14, 2025
Marin Scotten
RFK Jr. Admits Those Massive NIH Cuts Are Gonna Hurt
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a shocking confession while testifying before Congress.
April 22, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People
And he’s using private medical records to make it happen.
March 4, 2025
Alex Morozov
Here Come Two More Enemies of Science About to Lead Vital Agencies
A Senate committee this week will almost surely push forward the FDA and NIH nominees. Neither one has the public interest at heart.
February 20, 2025
Grace Segers
What Trump’s Firing Spree Means for the Next Public Health Crisis
As the administration pursues mass layoffs at agencies like the CDC, experts warn that the country may end up vastly underprepared for looming threats to public health.
February 17, 2025
Grace Segers
The Vast Dangers of Trump’s War On Information
With dramatic cuts to departments and efforts to restrict access to certain research, the administration is reshaping a vast data-driven world in its autocratic image.
February 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Openly Threatens Judges Who Blocked His Orders
Donald Trump has set his sights on the judiciary branch.
February 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
President Elon Musk Suddenly Realizes He Might Not Know How to Govern
Elon Musk argued that he wasn’t actually cutting funding for cancer research.
February 10, 2025
Marin Scotten
Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Funding Freeze—and Orders Immediate Reversal
Trump’s war on the federal government keeps hitting obstacles in court.
November 27, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s NIH Pick Guaranteed to Destroy Country’s Health
Jay Bhattacharya is about as bad as it gets.
December 21, 2020
Melody Schreiber
How to Restore the Glory of Government Science
The CDC and FDA got a black eye in 2020. Here’s how they can earn back the public’s trust.
April 16, 2020
Walter Shapiro
Trump Can’t Lie His Way Out of This One
For the first time in his presidency, his deceit is catching up to him.
October 27, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Chris Christie Isn't Backing Down on the Ebola Quarantine
October 17, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
The New Ebola Czar Isn't a Doctor. Should We Care?
Ron Klain is a veteran D.C. operative and manager
October 2, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Shutdown Kabuki
A Tea Party circus at the WWII Memorial; no one at a children's cancer ward
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