The U.S. FDA has approved Revolution Medicines’ groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug after it was shown to double the survival rate of patients with advanced disease in a large trial, offering new ​h...

The decision gutting the Voting Rights Act has commenced the largest rollback of Black representation in the South since the end of Reconstruction.

Examples of large purchases, valued at between $1 million and $5 million each, were an S&P 500 Index fund, Nvidia Corp. and Apple Inc.

“The CDC is not even a player," said Lawrence Gostin, an international public health expert at Georgetown University. “I've never seen that before.”

Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence

This Perspective discusses how clinicians can navigate conflicting vaccination recommendations following revisions from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and US Centers for Disease Cont...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.

Here's what to know about the recommended immunization schedule for children and teens. The schedule is approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics and based on ongoing review of the most recent sc...

Novel approach could be faster, and cheaper, than making the cells in the lab—but safety concerns linger

Scientists have reported an encouraging trend in the population growth of the North Atlantic right whale.

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on influenza activity during the 2024 to 2025 season—the most severe since 2017 to 2018.

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

"The people involved in the outbreak are unvaccinated and did not have immunity from a previous measles infection," the state's health agency confirmed.

Biogen has discontinued all gene therapy programs using adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids, instead shifting resources to modalities that have the highest likelihood of achieving better treatment | ...

New NHS AI tool cuts stroke treatment time by 60 minutes and boosts recovery rates—now available at all stroke centres across England.

Actor and activist George Takei is taking on a new role as honorary chair of Banned Books Week. The American Library Association announced Monday that the 88-year-old will lead the event, which runs f...

Supplementary information for the project 'Climate Change: Evidence and causes'.

President Donald Trump's unproven statements about Tylenol, childhood vaccines and autism are validating the so-called Make America Healthy Again movement and revealing its potential political power.