Diary entries from the retired NIAID director address presidential relationships, “crazy RFK,” and death threats

Helen Branswell, an infectious diseases correspondent with STAT, will receive the 2026 Kovler Prize for Trust in Life Science Journalism.

Timmy, a humpback whale stranded in Germany 6 weeks ago, was ailing and may already be dead

No vaccines or treatments exist for Ebola Bundibugyo, which has caused hundreds of suspected cases and 80 deaths; WHO warns of

Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers

Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers

Changes to government’s vaccine purchase system after 2024 revolution led to nationwide shortages, gaps in immunity

Timmy, a humpback whale stranded in Germany 6 weeks ago, was ailing and may already be dead

Trump’s pullout from WHO bars federal scientists from working with the International Agency for Research on Cancer and could slash its funding

Features of recently identified influenza D point to possible pandemic threat

The items to be returned, which include Java Man, were collected during the colonial era

In victory for animal rights activists, research on monkeys would end in 2030

De VS hadden een relatief groot aandeel in het terugdringen van malaria in Afrika. Nu er drastisch gesneden is in hulpgeld, dreigt de ziekte weer op te komen.

White Coat Waste Project files complaint over government employee’s emails claiming it incited harassment against Nicole Kleinstreuer

Scientists warn $1 billion push for “implementation science” spurred by promise of lenacapavir will hurt research on new treatments and vaccines

Foreign aid cuts are expected to cause a rise in malaria cases and deaths across sub-Saharan Africa

Trump executive order leads to pauses on U.S.-funded research into TB, influenza, COVID-19, and other diseases, dismaying some scientists

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

Purge at immunization panel represents a major loss of expertise, as measured by scientific papers

Evidence of agency’s uneven guidance to employees and role of DOGE could play into legal case against cuts

Efforts to improve the rigor of research may have unwittingly handed the administration a way to attack science

Decline in journal revenues puts scholarships, advocacy, and other activities at risk

Jay Bhattacharya says NIH’s final budget will be a “collaboration”

Fewer papers are reporting findings on the border of statistical significance, a potential marker of dodgy research practices

In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes

Continent faces a shortage of doses and distribution challenges

Rapid transmission through sexual networks raises fears of wider spread in the region

In Lesotho and Eswatini, treatment and prevention cutbacks are hitting pregnant women, children, and teens especially hard

Closing of programs that fought neglected diseases imperils drug donation and distribution efforts in 26 countries

New study of a pathogen’s Bronze Age spread challenges longstanding links between disease and early agriculture

Closing of programs that fought neglected diseases imperils drug donation and distribution efforts in 26 countries

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”

Executive order on gain-of-function experiments could chill research on infectious diseases, scientists say

Critics say the report, which declines to disclose its authors, contradicts decades of scientific research

Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”

As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists

Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan

Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences

After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

The Association of Health Care Journalists is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.

Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader

Poor soils and dry climate could undermine effort to expand rice growing by 1 million hectares, experts warn

Chance to test trade theories might be “the only silver lining” in chaotic policies, one says