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RFK Jr.’s moves on animal testing spur Capitol Hill action

In his first two years on the job, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become a polarizing figure on Capitol Hill, largely because of his vaccine skepticism and distrust of the status quo. But one of his quieter pushes — ending animal testing in medical research —…

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Morgan Island: The South Carolina 'Monkey Island' that's completely off-limits to humans

Off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina, lies a small, marshy island that looks like dozens of others scattered along the state's Lowcountry. But Morgan Island hides a strange secret: it is home to thousands of rhesus macaques, and not a single permanent human resident. Commonly known as "Monkey Island,"…

The Times of India

Mount Sinai Scientists Reverse Aging in Blood Stem Cells by Fixing the Cell's Recycling System

Mount Sinai scientists reversed aging in blood-forming stem cells in mice by restoring lysosomal function, opening doors to blood disorder and cancer prevention.

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Federal Scientists Charged After Attempt to Secretly Bring 113 Virus Vials, Including Mpox Samples, to the US

Two US scientists are charged with illegally smuggling 113 virus vials, including Mpox, from Africa, breaching strict biosafety and customs rules.

International Business Times UK

Ozempic And Other GLP-1 Drugs May Be Altering The Brain, researchers say

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus observed unusual changes in brain connectivity while studying adolescents and young women taking GLP-1 medications for a hormonal condition affecting the ovaries.

International Business Times

Africa has the world’s greatest genetic diversity, yet it’s missing from research: we’re filling the gap

Throughout history, most of the world’s genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry.

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Does Skipping Meals Help You Lose Weight or Slow Metabolism? What You Need to Know

Skipping meals may aid weight loss short-term but can slow metabolism, disrupt hormones, and risk muscle loss without proper nutrition strategies.

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Biological age tests reveal what slows or hastens aging – but they’re useful only for researchers, not consumers

Imagine receiving a test result that tells you your body is biologically five years older than your chronological age. You exercise regularly, get good sleep, eat healthy meals and have a happy personal life. What have you been doing wrong? Can this test be trusted?

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Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids

Southern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and ’60s.

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Post-Workout Muscle Recovery Guide: Foam Rolling, Nutrition & Sleep for Faster Gains

Muscle recovery methods for DOMS relief using foam rolling, active recovery, nutrition, and sleep cycles to boost performance and reduce soreness.

Medical Daily

Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it

Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Americans have undoubtedly been encountering a great deal of confusing information surrounding health care costs and insurance plans.

The Conversation

What’s the equivalent of a wheelchair for a person with schizophrenia? How psychiatric rehabilitation brings community into care

Imagine your dream is to get a job at the local library. You have a love for people and for books. You also have schizophrenia, a psychiatric disability that makes life in the community more challenging.

The Conversation

Should the NIH Be Abolished?

Terence Kealey and Jeffrey Flier debate abolishing the National Institutes of Health.

Reason

Trump admin appoints Covid lockdown critic Dr Jay Bhattacharya as CDC chief

The director of the National Institutes of Health is poised to take on one of the most powerful roles in American public health. Dr Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian-origin physician and health economist, is set to become acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to reports…

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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise

The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026, when it moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding – a formal determination that six greenhouse gases that drive climate change, including carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger…

The Independent UK

Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research

The Trump administration is ending the use of abortion-derived fetal tissue in research funded by the National Institutes of Health

The Conversation

Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out

The most exciting landmark scientific achievements don’t happen without researchers sharing and collaborating with others outside their field. When people first landed on the Moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong’s first footsteps marked the realization of a century-long vision that integrated a variety of scientific fields. Landing on the Moon required…

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‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives

From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States.

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Former NIH scientist sues Trump administration, claims illegal firing over research cuts

A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health has sued the Trump administration, saying she was illegally fired for warning that research cuts were endangering patients and public health

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How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth

As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job.

Medical Daily

What Stress Really Does to the Brain: The Science of Cortisol and Its Hidden Mental Effects

Stress changes brain structure, memory, and emotions. Learn how cortisol reshapes the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and amygdala—and what these effects mean long-term.

The Conversation

Sleep problems and depression can be a vicious cycle, especially during pregnancy − here’s why it’s important to get help

Imagine you got a rough night of sleep. Perhaps you went to bed too late, needed to wake up early or still felt tired when you woke up from what should have been a full night’s sleep.

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The Ivies can weather the Trump administration’s research cuts – it’s the nation’s public universities that have the most to lose

Most of the media coverage of the federal government’s recent cuts in federal research money for universities has focused on its effects on a handful of elite Ivy League universities, such as Harvard, Columbia and Cornell.

The Conversation

Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids

A newly discovered biological signal in the blood could help health care teams and researchers better understand how children respond to brain injuries at the cellular level, according to our research in the Journal of Neurotrauma.

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Government Research Cuts Hit Older Adults

The Trump administration has slashed funding for medical research, delaying some treatments and cures for health conditions affecting retirees.

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