Autism diagnoses have skyrocketed over the past few decades, prompting a debate among scientists. Is the biological rate of autism actually rising, or is society simply naming the condition more frequ...

The condition, linked to heat on a warming planet, is affecting laborers from Central America and Mexico. As scientists race to track the growing epidemic, its victims have been driven further into hi...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, and decision-making has ground to a halt.

The field must swallow its pride and admit where the insurgent movement is right.

In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.

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...

Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. bi...

US health deptartment said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate."

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A longtime Palantir Technologies Inc employee is now overseeing data at the US health department.

Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech

The idea that kids are like sponges is behind several harmful trends in parenting and education that encourage kids to be passive, blunting their learning and brain development.

The lawsuit states that Tierra Walker, 37, “repeatedly asked for an abortion to save her life” as her health quickly deteriorated.

Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote that the administration’s reasons for a rule limiting the length of stay for academics and journalists were “exceptionally weak.”

Auburn’s decision came after the Alabama Legislature put limits on the powers of faculty senates.

Over the summer the National Science Foundation (NSF) took several actions that appear to further the Administration’s plans to shut down the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate…

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An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.

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Newly obtained records indicate health secretary lied about Samoa trip during Senate confirmation hearings last year A senior Democratic senator is calling for a criminal investigation into the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, following reporting by the Guardian that indicated he lied during Senate confirmation hearings last year. Ron Wyden of Oregon said: “RFK’s platform is built on lies and grifts that leave a trail of dead children in their wake. There are consequences for lying to Congress.” Continue reading...

Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration

Universities are raising red flags about proposed changes to federal assistance.