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Silent but not serene: what science says about nitrogen death

With each breath, four out of every five molecules we inhale are nitrogen. This colourless, odourless gas makes up nearly 80% of the air that sustains us – yet it plays no direct role in keeping us alive. This same inert gas is now being used to take life.

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SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is the largest, most effective tool the U.S. has to reduce food insecurity. As of late 2025, it helps more than 42 million people – including 2 million Pennsylvanians and nearly half a million Philadelphians – buy groceries.

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Yes, ADHD diagnoses are rising, but that doesn’t mean it’s overdiagnosed

Many news outlets have reported an increase – or surge – in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, diagnoses in both children and adults. At the same time, health care providers, teachers and school systems have reported an uptick in requests for ADHD assessments.

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Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning ‘metal-organic frameworks’

When the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored Omar Yaghi – the “father of metal-organic frameworks,” or MOFs – along with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson, it celebrated more than the creation of a new class of crystalline materials. It recognized a revolution quietly reshaping how scientists capture, store and…

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How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery was honored with the Nobel Prize

A special group of immune cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, became an overnight sensation when a trio of U.S. and Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Oct. 6, 2025, for their discovery and elucidation of these cells.

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Can Americans Trust RFK Jr.'s Health Advice? A Breakdown on Vaccines, Autism, Food Dyes, and More

As ever, be cautious about what you hear from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Reason

Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades

In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of Health by roughly 40% – from about US$48 billion to $27 billion. Such a move would return NIH funding to levels last seen in 2007. Since NIH budget records began in 1938, NIH has seen…

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How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims

At a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced heated questions from numerous senators about his vaccine policies, including his stance on COVID-19 vaccines and mRNA vaccine technology generally.

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65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits

Across Pennsylvania, an estimated 65,459 children have a parent in jail or prison. That’s according to a recent email inquiry to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Nationwide, nearly half of adults have experienced a close family member being in jail or prison, and 1 in 14 children have lost a…

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How stripping diversity, equity and inclusion from health care may make Americans sicker

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically reshaped health and medical research by rolling back federal funding from institutions that have diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and by cutting federal funding for research projects that the administration considers related to DEI.

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Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

People rely on data from federal agencies every day – often without realizing it.

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Experts condemn NIH director’s defense of cut to vaccine research

Critics say Jay Bhattacharya’s comments on so-called failure of mRNA vaccines to ‘earn public trust’ are ‘astounding’

The Guardian - US

How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic

In late June, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a group of independent experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), published an assessment of the origins of COVID.

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Drug Innovation At Risk By Trump Budget, Says Congressional Budget Office

According to a new U.S. Congressional Budget Office analysis, President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget plan proposes cuts to the National Institutes of Health that could significantly reduce the number of new drugs entering the market.

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‘I just couldn’t stop crying’: How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released

Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown.

The Guardian - US

Cancer experts alarmed over ‘gut-wrenching’ Trump plan to cut research spending by billions

More people will die due to White House’s plans to slash nearly $2.7bn from National Cancer Institute, workers warn

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More than half of US teens have had at least one cavity, but fluoride programs in schools help prevent them – new research

Programs delivering fluoride varnish in schools significantly reduce cavities in children. That is a key finding of our recently published study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

The Guardian - US

Trump officials cutting $1bn in NIH grants is ‘void and illegal’, judge rules

Judge says cuts represent unlawful ‘racial discrimination’ and orders grants given to those that filed suit be reinstated

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Adolescents who smoke or vape may believe tobacco’s perceived coping benefits outweigh accepted health risks

Tobacco use in a variety of forms is common in adolescent life today, with over 2.25 million youth using.

Fortune

'We dissent': NIH workers protest Trump policies that 'harm the health of Americans'

Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health on Monday openly protested the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency.

Roll Call

‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ - Roll Call

In a letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on Monday, NIH workers said they felt “compelled to speak up" about research cuts.

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Our trans health study was terminated by the government – the effects of abrupt NIH grant cuts ripple across science and society

Given the Trump administration’s systematic attempts to medically and legally disenfranchise trans people, and its abrupt termination of grants focused on LGBTQ+ health, we can’t say that the notice of termination we received regarding our federally funded research on transgender and nonbinary people’s health was unexpected.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr wants to ban government scientists from publishing in top journals and instead create a MAGA-backed publication

Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary claims world-renowned medical journals are ‘corrupt’

The Guardian - US

Woman’s life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’

Natalie Phelps, who has stage 4 colorectal cancer, has raised the alarm over how patients in the agency’s clinical trials are facing setbacks in treatment

Reason

Is Donald Trump To Blame for a COVID Lab Leak?

Criticisms of the president's alleged flip-flopping on gain-of-function research funding miss some key context.

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