Science skepticism is rising. Learn why people distrust science—and how to think critically in a world full of misinformation ...
“What we're seeing now, several years later, is how deep those divisions really are,” said Cary Funk, who previously led science and society research at the Pew Research Center and has written reports ...
Texas public health infrastructure has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the state less able to respond to future health crises.
Mask wearing became the symbol of New Yorkers’ collective push to “flatten the curve” of COVID infection in 2020. Today, few ...
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health answered sharp questions in a confirmation hearing ...
Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
Conservatives have been trying to reshape the American university since the federal government began funding it in earnest in the mid-20th century. But now the Trump administration appears prepared to ...
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust by Francis S. Collins, a medical doctor and head of the team of scientists uncovering the ...