Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

Drugs like Trikafta, first approved in 2019, have changed cystic fibrosis from a death sentence to a manageable chronic condition for the vast majority of patients. But the drug is only approved for c...

Fake Caroline update: The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it! I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email chai...

Stanford's Sergiu Pasca bred mice lacking cortex/hippocampus for the first time, replacing cells with human neurons, aiding neuropsychiatric research including frontotemporal dementia and autism.

FDA leaders defend rigorous review of foreign trial data and double their China inspectors as lawmakers push to counter Beijing's clinical trial edge.

ARPA-H awards up to $125M across 5 teams, including Waterfall Scientific, to build automated systems that can make personalized RNA medicines in under a week.

A Wyoming town is building a new nuclear plant backed by Bill Gates as coal jobs fade and residents remain split.

In its second-quarter results, Novo disclosed a partial miss in a Phase 3 diabetes trial of CagriSema. And it ended work on an asset that it got when it bought Inversago Pharma.

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are reporting Q2 earnings this week, as Novo's Wegovy pill outsells Lilly's Foundayo and a dealmaking divide develops between the obesity rivals.

Exclusive: How the Canadians view Trump's push for a tough border.

Why birth order leaves an indelible mark has long eluded scientists. Now we have some answers that suggest what parents and policymakers can do about it.

The outbreak in Central Africa continues to spread.

Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s rep...

A number of Americans who are in the Congo are believed to have had exposure to suspected cases in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak, sources have told STAT.

Two weeks ago, my phone started lighting up before I’d had my coffee.

On Route 66’s 100th anniversary, a cross‑country road trip with my kids and parents became less about distance — and more about time together.

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Di...

Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.

Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.

Doctors were stumped by an Oregon man’s deterioration. Then an infectious disease specialist had an aha moment.

Researchers have designed an injectable microgel to reduce bleeding in infants who require surgical care. In an animal model, the microgel reduced bleeding by at least 50%.

The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...

“Hallway beds cut into the bones that sustain emergency medicine, shaving away layers of the moral tenets and high standards, staff’s meaning and purpose, and the comfort and dignity of patients,” wri...

President Trump declared a 'war on fraud,' but experts say it's a battle that has eluded presidents for decades.

The scientists launched the independent autism advisory panel to counter what they see as the politicization of research by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

A Times investigation has found that insurers are driving families into homes contaminated by smoke. Lab results show how one family was exposed to neurotoxins and carcinogens.