Long-term, life, and disability insurers may still be able to deny coverage to patients with a genetic disease, under current nondiscrimination legislation.
Long-term, life, and disability insurers may still be able to deny coverage to patients with a genetic disease, under current nondiscrimination legislation.
More than 140 nations agree to a plan to limit global mercury emissions.
The Obama administration announces a $10 million, 23-part plan to curb gun violence in the country.
More than 100 scientists signed a letter asking government to increase research on gun violence.
A conservative republican, and supporter of research, will be the chair of the House appropriations committee that controls the budgets for the National Institutes of Health.
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
Experts in Washington have reached an agreement over how to fund avian influenza research.
This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.