Science & Society See the alarming extent of NIH and NSF funding cuts in 2025 In 2025, the Trump administration froze or ended about 5,300 NIH and NSF research grants totaling over $5 billion in ...

Jan 10, 2025 · AI has the potential to make health care more effective, equitable and humane. Whether the tech delivers on these promises remains to be seen.

Oct 7, 2024 · An unexpected discovery about what made a tiny worm refuse to grow up has now led to the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Victor Ambros, now at the University of …

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Dec 14, 2023 · Here are some of the biggest medical advances in 2023 New treatments include the first CRISPR gene-editing therapy, an Alzheimer’s drug and RSV vaccines

Mar 7, 2025 · AI medical benchmark tests fall short because they don’t test efficiency on real tasks such as writing medical notes, experts say.

Jun 17, 2024 · Artificial intelligence in medical imaging is taking off. Experts share what they see as the promise — and potential pitfalls — of AI technology.

May 8, 2025 · $1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest The cuts also target mental health and training programs

Aug 22, 2024 · A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives Amtagvi, approved for advanced melanoma, is the first T cell therapy for solid tumors

Aug 20, 2025 · Researchers warn that halting federal contracts for mRNA vaccine research could weaken pandemic preparedness and slow medical advances.