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The federal government cautions that the drug can affect brain development in both teens and fetuses.

As the second full week of lapsed funding comes to a close, some 800,000 federal employees are stuck at home, including some biologists.

Celeste Kidd and Steven Piantadosi had sued the university over its handling of sexual harassment allegations made against colleague Florian Jaeger.

The federal budget, expected before the end of March, may substantially raise funding for research.

Congress is not expected to fully enact the proposed cuts to research and public health programs.

The 44 percent drop in funding is disproportionately large compared to overall reductions in government spending.

Sally Rockey, deputy director of extramural research at the National Institutes of Health, is leaving the agency this fall to lead an agriculture nonprofit.

A new national strategy to combat antibiotic resistance aims to improve diagnostic testing, disease surveillance, and the prevention of inappropriate antibiotic use.

Concerns about the relationship between science and society transcend traditional political differences.

Another personal genomics company faces government pressure—this time from the Federal Trade Commission.

The US President has signed a bill to support the retirement of federally owned research chimpanzees over the next five years.

A two-way bridge between science and policy is desperately needed.

Current NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett will take over as acting director of the agency at the end of next week when Subra Suresh steps down.

More than one quarter of US researchers studying human embryonic stem cells say they’ve had trouble acquiring cell lines of interest.

Two scientists have appealed the ruling to allow federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.