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As the new agency’s director, the DARPA veteran will spearhead a high-risk, high-reward approach to biomedical research.

Health and Human Services

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Biden Orders More Research on Long COVID

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US Spending Bill to Provide New Funds for Science and Health

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Opinion: Coronavirus and Regulating Access to High-Risk Pathogens

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Lawrence Tabak Tapped to Serve as Interim NIH Head

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CDC Bypassed Under New COVID-19 Reporting Guidelines

US Selects Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates for Huge Investments

NIH Tightens Security, Blocking Iranian Scientists from Campus

Former Congresswoman, HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler Dies

Ebola Update: Funding, Vaccines, and More Deaths in DRC

Federal Officials and Scientists Respond to Purported CDC Word Ban

Trump Nominates Alex Azar as Health and Human Services Secretary

HHS Secretary Price Resigns After Criticism of Plane Travel

Ditch the Floss?

Obama Administration Eases Marijuana Research Requirements

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HHS Overrules FDA on Plan B

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An Overhaul for Human Research?

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New carcinogens to watch out for

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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Best Practices for Freezing Cell Cultures

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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