View national and state-level school vaccination coverage and exemption estimates.

Researchers say DOE report cherry-picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases

Toddlers as young as two can successfully learn new words even when a speaker’s mouth or eyes are covered, a study shows.

Rural counties also benefit in jobs, manufacturing and tax revenue that will be hard to replace as the US government slashes support for the industries.

Move would come on the heels of abrupt cancellation of task force meeting

The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a full-fledged assault on science and public health;1 its “flood the zone” strategy created chaos and initially overwhelmed potential oppos...

From cancer immunotherapy and antibiotics to GMO crops and pandemic surveillance, gain of function is a cornerstone of basic research.

The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...

His book is a master class in cherry picking

Decision was limited to children who are at increased risk of severe disease

The approach focuses on community-level change in a public forum

Susan Monarez deserves to be confirmed as CDC director.

Cloud seeding couldn’t have caused the floods that killed more than 100 people, experts say. But rumormongers suggested a link to one company’s work.

When we don't understand how something works, we often fear it. That has been the case with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but new research may be shedding needed light.

Tropical regions where heatwaves are already common will be hardest hit by this trend.

Is it possible that the predictions of the death of offshore wind power – one of our single best tools in the fight against climate change – were greatly exaggerated?

The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way, argue Grace Liu and Rachit Dubey

A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost food production and reduce waste, says Michael Le Page

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock and soil on the Martian surface. Experts are furious

The spending plan could also add nearly $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in debt, according to non-partisan analysis.

A CDC panel’s vote to stop recommending thimerosal-containing flu shots would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the anti-vaccine movement is achieving its goals.

Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

More scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.

A new poll shows support is shared across political party lines — and comes as Health and Human Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could reshape the future of vaccines.

Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

In a new paper, Computational Social Science Lab postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and colleagues find that exposure to articles about climate change significantly increases climate change concerns ...

The renowned American management consultant and author Peter Drucker is often credited as saying that “the best way to predict the future is to create it”—a view that applies to science as much as to ...

A research team projects that changes to public health insurance coverage may lead to upwards of 51,000 deaths a year.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has taken a series of actions since January, 2025 that directly threaten the foundations of health care, for global and US citizens alike. What started ...

The EPA announced proposals to significantly loosen Biden-era regulations on pollution from power plants, including mercury and carbon dioxide.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.

From civil rights to corporate boardrooms, efforts to expand inclusion have long shaped American life. What does research show about the returns – and limits – of today’s DEI programs?

A renowned psychiatrist and activist compares Trump’s election to other pivotal historical moments in which the ultimate victim was truth itself

The CDC is planning a large study of vaccines and autism. Instead, we should be studying the complex genetic and environmental landscape of the disorder.

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science

This cohort study examines trends in excess deaths in the US before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.

The USPSTF is facing threats from a Supreme Court case, cuts to HHS programs, and the planned elimination of AHRQ. Dr Kenny Lin says now is the time for primary care physicians to speak up.

An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that’s exactly what modern science supports.

Some people thought the 1925 Scopes monkey trial marked a cultural defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

Artificial Intelligence uses too much energy. Developers need to find better ways to power it or risk adding to the climate crisis