Agreements with Pfizer and Eli Lilly include tariff protections, overseas pricing inducements and broad confidentiality clauses.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Trump officials to explain why the Census Bureau's parent agency cut a ban on political interference from its scientific integrity policy, as NPR first reported.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement could soon deploy four-legged robots made by Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics, a move that is raising concerns among some activists about surveillance, control a...

What an emotional moment today at the UN General Assembly opening. António Guterres delivered his final address to the #UNGA General Debate, ending with this personal note: “On January 1st, when I am ...

A tiny slice of Newfoundland welcomed in stranded passengers.

US customs officials repay about 60% of the levies that were struck down by the Supreme Court

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s lates...

We came together for AIDS

RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades –

How can we reinvent international cooperation in a rapidly shifting world? For Jean Van Wetter, head of the Belgian international cooperation agency Enabel, European agencies have every incentive to j...

Yale should resist rather than negotiate away its independence.

A year after the Environmental Protection Agency stripped grant money from dozens of communities nationwide during Trump’s DEI crackdown, a small Georgia city is struggling to address environmental he...

The FTC settled a lawsuit against CVS Caremark over allegations that the company artificially inflated the price of insulin and impeded access to the diabetes treatment.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.

A unique policy in Japan encourages doctors to improve their antibiotic use and thus reduce their contribution to antibiotic resistance. Should the U.S. be taking notes?

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.

A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo.

The Council of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is the primary accreditor of law schools in the United States. ABA accreditation indicates that...

The gap between US drug prices and those abroad is not a market outcome — it is the result of deliberate political and regulatory choices.

A pair of advocacy groups is threatening legal action unless the U.K. government revokes regulations at the heart of a new pharma trade agreement with the U.S.

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

Immigration law isn’t Daniel Suitor’s specialty. But in about two months, he’s gotten 19 detained immigrants released from ICE custody.

Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

A Honduran family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government after their 8-year-old girl with a heart condition died in federal custody after crossing the border in 2023.

The administration is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical visits, their pharmacy claims, and more.

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This brief provides an overview of deaths in ICE custody and detention centers under the Trump administration based on KFF analysis of ICE detainee death reporting and news releases and reviews recent...

The FTC said the settlement will save Americans up to $7 billion in out-of-pocket costs over 10 years.

Health inequities remain pervasive and entrenched, and they impact nearly all communities in the United States.1,2 While some progress, albeit limited, has been made in advancing health equity over th...

Governor Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell launched a new portal where people can report potential misconduct by federal immigration agents.

“Scientists are often encouraged to avoid politics. But this advice is outdated, if it was ever correct in the first place,” writes Jenna Norton, NIH whistleblower.

Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE filed by Microsoft Corporation. Responses due by 3/16/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Proposed Order RE ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR LEAV...

Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.

Professional accountability can ensure expertise is used for public good

The FDA is cutting back on public advisory committee meetings, even as the public and other stakeholders seek more transparency.

Casey Means approached her Senate confirmation hearing to be US Surgeon General last week with a manifesto in mind—one set out in her 2024 book, Good Energy: the Surprising Connection Between Glucose,...

Cheap semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, could help millions with diabetes and obesity in 160 countries

One of the most powerful voices in the biopharma industry, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, Ph.D., has weighed in with sharp criticism of the FDA’s Vinay Prasad, M.D., and his performance as the chief of | P...