Alt: a woman in a plaid shirt is saying " oh so i 'm the problem "

A new Lyme disease vaccine made by Pfizer and Valneva could lower infection rates of the tick-borne illness, but federal approval and patient uptake could be a challenge

I recently re-read Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, and now every time a reactionary Silicon Valley billionaire opens his mouth, I think about it. So I wrote about it for The Nation. Here's the column: On Instagram, there’s an activist named Brian Patrick (@pano.dime) who has dedicated

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

Vahid Abedini, an Iranian scholar who began teaching at the University of Oklahoma in June, was arrested en route to an academic conference.

What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

The adaptability of fungi to warmer temperatures is an obvious...

Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

Drylands are among the most degraded ecosystems globally and are difficult to restore due to limited water availability. Biocrusts are a key component of maintaining soil stability and function in th...

Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.

Severe weather and flash flooding continue to threaten much of the central and eastern U.S. on Thursday, disrupting Americans' travel plans. More than 900 flights were halted across the U.S. on Wedne...

The Evo-Epidemiology Laboratory at the University of Utah is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join our group to study the evolution and transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (TB) ki...

He hits the gate running with a page out of the fascist playbook

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

In 1995, Dr. Jen Gunter arrived in Kansas. The Winnipeg-born-and-raised gynecologist was fresh out of her OB/GYN training at the University of Western Ontario, having completed medical school at the U...

Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.

T-cell responses in Valley fever are implicated in protective immune responses and hold promise for vaccines and diagnostics. Coccidioides peptides were us

Cases of Valley fever in El Paso, caused by a fungus in desert dust, are likely underreported.

Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.

An anti-CotH humanized IgG1 antibody protects against lethal mucormycosis when given as adjunctive therapy to immunocompromised mice.

A drug candidate with a new mechanism of action shows promise against several drug-resistant infections in mice

American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

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