This Viewpoint discusses the emergence of prediction markets for clinical trials and drug approvals, identifies the risks of these markets, and proposes oversight methods to develop potential benefits...

Multiple factors could get in the way of confirming a new commissioner before the midterm elections, experts said, leaving the agency’s long-term initiatives in limbo.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier. But insiders say as soon as he was named Health Secretary, the problems began.

Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration head. That's according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak before an official announcement and insisted on anonymity Tuesday.

La Jolla, California—April 29, 2026—The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced that J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., the Institute’s founder, board...

The nation’s largest health records company, Epic Systems, sued firms including GuardDog Telehealth, alleging they improperly accessed personal medical records.

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

The US Food and Drug Administration@s (FDA) increasing reliance on holding expert panels, rather than advisory committees, for external expert advice may violate the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FA...

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Brett Matsumoto, the next chief, has worked as an economist at the BLS since 2015.

Wide-ranging shifts at the FDA have set the stage for decisions that drag the agency through the political mud, according to an economist and public policy expert.

GoFundMe platform surpasses goal of $20,000 a day after federal agents killed the US citizen in Minneapolis

AbstractBackground. Payments from pharmaceutical companies to oncologists can influence prescribing practices. However, some physicians believe that receiv

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business...

Top officials like Vinay Prasad and George Tidmarsh voted on the drug, a major break from the FDA's typical practice.

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.

Of people appointed to the Department of Health and Human Services between 2004 and 2020, 15 percent had been employed in private industry immediately before their appointment. At the end of their ten...

Abstract. Over the past decade, the electronic health record (EHR) market has become increasingly consolidated, with the majority of care delivery organiza

Proposed system would mirror Open Payments program for tracking industry payments to doctors

This study examines the extent and nature of payments made to health care professionals and teaching hospitals by manufacturers of FDA-authorized AI- and machine learning–enabled devices.

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Advisory committee meetings help FDA scientists make decisions and increase public understanding of drug regulation, and abandoning them doesn’t make sense, former officials said.

Advisory committee meetings help FDA scientists make decisions and increase public understanding of drug regulation, and abandoning them doesn’t make sense, former officials said.

Prominent economists are rallying behind Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after President Donald Trump moved to fire her based on allegations that she committed mortgage fraud.