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Trump has sharply cut funding to cancer research in the US, threatening the country's scientific standing and the health of Americans.

Trump Shutting Down Cancer Research

By Sharon Adarlo

The government is launching a registry tracking Americans with autism as part of RFK Jr.'s probe into the disorder's roots.

Health & Medicine

Government Launching Database of Everyday People With Autism

By Noor Al-Sibai

Around 15 of Nobel Prize-winning biochemist David Baker's graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are looking to leave the US.

Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump’s Cruelty

By Victor Tangermann

As part of the second Trump Administration's diversity witchhunt, cancer research and other crucial projects have been paused indefinitely.

Trump Administration Throws Cancer Research Into Turmoil

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neuroscientists are positing that issues with the brain's own waste removal system may be the root cause of Alzheimer's disease.

Neuroscience and Brain

“Poisonous Flowers” in Brain May Cause Alzheimer’s, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A landmark research study at the National Institute of Health is finding that too much screen time is changing the way children's brains are developing.

New Research: Screen Time Is Literally Changing Children’s Brains

By Victor Tangermann

NIH Officially Lifts Ban on Research Studying Germs with Pandemic Potential

Health & Medicine

NIH Officially Lifts Ban on Research Studying Germs with Pandemic Potential

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Almost 700 Positions Remain Unfilled at the CDC Due to Hiring Freeze

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Trump Calls for an Immediate $1.2 Billion Cut to the National Institue of Health’s Budget

A New Malaria Vaccine Was 100% Effective in Clinical Trials

Health & Medicine

A New Malaria Vaccine Was 100% Effective in Clinical Trials

By Neil C. Bhavsar

Here’s How The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative Aims To Eliminate All Disease

Here’s How The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative Aims To Eliminate All Disease

Fighting Cancer With Genetic Modification: CRISPR Approved For First Human Trial

Fighting Cancer With Genetic Modification: CRISPR Approved For First Human Trial

By Jelor Gallego