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S. Jack Hu, University of Georgia provost, named UC Riverside chancellor amid steep challenges
The UC Board of Regents announced that S. Jack Hu, a vice president of academic affairs and provost at the University of ...
Gene Editing: The Lessons of a Medical Breakthrough
Readers respond to an article about gene editing and object to cuts in research funding. Also: The Covid vaccine; Senator ...
RFK Jr. cuts COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women -- and why it matters
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the ...
Slashing NIH research guarantees a less healthy, less wealthy America
The administration's cuts at the National Institutes of Health will obliterate billions in economic gains, America's ...
States sue over Trump cuts to research funding, STEM diversity efforts
A group of U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the administration of President Donald Trump from making ...
With billions at stake, California joins suit to stop Trump cuts to university science research
Lawsuit accuses Trump's reshaped National Science Foundation of imposing ideology and across-the-board cuts at a cost of ...
Texas House passes bill banning sale and possession of THC cannabis products
A bill banning THC passed in the Texas House late Wednesday night. In a 95-44 vote, Senate Bill 3 passed in the House, ...
RFK Jr. Denigrates Privately Funded Medical Research
The Trump administration has cut billions in federal funding for medical research, as Kennedy singles out private funders for ...
RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance
(THE CONVERSATION) On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer include the COVID-19 vaccine ...
'A canary in a coal mine': Doctors react to RFK Jr.’s decision to end COVID vaccine recommendations for healthy children, pregnant women
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Tuesday that his agency no longer recommends COVID vaccines for healthy children and ...
California sues federal government over Trump administration cuts to scientific research
California sued the National Science Foundation on Wednesday alongside 15 other states, claiming the federal agency illegally ...
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create ...