Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants
When Susan Wojcicki Discovered She Had Lung Cancer, She Decided to Find Out Why
After her shocking lung cancer diagnosis, the late Susan Wojcicki dedicated herself to fighting the disease and looking for answers
Personalized mRNA vaccines will revolutionize cancer treatment—if funding cuts don’t doom them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Man With Tick-Borne Meat Allergy Dies after Eating Burger
Lone star tick bites are the most common cause of alpha-gal syndrome, which causes severe allergic reactions to red meat
What Causes Cancer? Maud Slye Thought She Had the Answer and a Way to Stop It
After studying mice in the 1910s, Maude Slye concluded that vulnerability to cancer was hereditary. She thought she had a solution to eliminate it, but she made some crucial mistakes
FDA Strips Health Risk Warnings from Menopause Hormone Therapy
In a reversal, the Food and Drug Administration has removed black box warnings on hormone replacement therapies for menopause
Why Pregnant People Are Left Out of Drug Safety Studies
Despite the widespread use of medication during pregnancy, a lack of clinical research leaves patients and doctors navigating treatment with dangerously few data.
A Surgeon Explains the Alarming Rise of Lung Cancer in Nonsmoking Women
Thoracic surgeon Jonathan Villena explains why early screening for lung cancer is critical—even for those without symptoms.
CDC Cuts Threaten Public Health Nationwide, Fired Employees Say
A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs
What is Type 1 Diabetes? Here’s Your 5-Minute Primer
What happens when your body suddenly stops making the one hormone that keeps your blood sugar in check?
Shimon Sakaguchi Reflects on How Hunting for a Mysterious T Cell Earned Him a Nobel Prize
Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on what role of regulatory T cells have in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplant rejection
Nobel Prizes, COVID Vaccine Updates and Malnutrition in Gaza
The CDC updates COVID vaccine guidance and stirs controversy over childhood immunizations. And global health experts warn of rising child malnutrition in Gaza.