Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

The new rule would require schools to pay a large sum before a student can apply for a program called optional practical training

Civility can be a tool of engagement. But history has shown it can also be used to oppress the powerless.

Oct 3-9, 2026 – distress signals

A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).

Oct 3-9, 2026 – distress signals

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Sept 26-Oct 2 – ...and statistics

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Sept 26-Oct 2 – ...and statistics

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak continued to worsen, with 68 new infections reported since Wednesday last week, ​bringing the total to 903 on Monday, ‌health department data showed, as the state grapples with the worst measles resurgence in decades.

Decision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say

Sept 19-25 – digging in

President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...

A planned EO that would have greatly enhanced White House influence over grants at the NIH is “looking dead,” a source said.

Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

Sept 19-25 – digging in

Health department previously blamed delay on "not yet finalized procurement decisions."

Sept 12-18 – and back again

A heated debate took place in the Oval Office on Friday, with some Trump officials accusing the National Institutes of Health of funding grants that conflict with the president’s agenda.

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

Abstract. Mathematical models are central to understanding disease transmission for host–pathogen systems across the biosphere. However, most existing fram

The Forest Service is eliminating protections for the 9 million undeveloped acres within the Tongass, as well as millions more acres of pristine wilderness across the rest of the United States.

University groups have filed a lawsuit to block an immigration rule limiting F-1 and J-1 visa holders to fixed four-year periods.