(Reposting with confusing typo removed): In 2021, someone posted a ludicrous theory about the origins of COVID-19 on WeChat. Inadvertently, that person may have given away some fascinating data about the Wuhan animal market, @cohenjon.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump's departure from WHO also spells the end of US funding for (and collaborations with) the International Agency for Research on Cancer. www.science.org/content/arti... Story by @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

Could influenza D, which is infecting cows worldwide, become a threat to humans as well? @cohenjon.bsky.social joined scientists in Mexico who are trying to find out. www.science.org/content/arti...

A momentous occasion: 'Java Man' is going back to Indonesia, along with more than 28,000 other fossils that Dutch scientist Eugène Dubois collected during the colonial era. My story: www.science.org/content/arti...

The Dutch House of Representatives wants a major primate research center to end monkey studies in 5 years. Biomedical groups call the vote "far-reaching, ill-considered and harmful to public health." My story: www.science.org/content/arti...

I grew up reading Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl, so I'm thrilled they're running a translation of my @science.org story about the breakdown of malaria control in Guinea today. (The @pulitzercenter.org supported my trip; the amazing photos are from Marta Moreiras.) www.trouw.nl/buitenland/i...

Community health workers in Guinea can be the difference between life and death when combating malaria. Thousands of these workers lost their jobs after the Trump administration cut #USAID funds. @martinenserink.bsky.social & Marta Moreiras report for @science.org. 👉 bit.ly/4fC6Irs

“Can you say firing squad?” Online death threats trigger a debate about the aggressive tactics of the White Coat Waste Project, a US animal rights group. www.science.org/content/arti... Story by @phiejacobs.bsky.social

Scoop from @cohenjon.bsky.social: NIH may massively increase HIV 'implementation science', to $1 billion annually, at the expense of basic research. Some HIV researchers are alarmed. www.science.org/content/arti...

I traveled to Guinea to find out what U.S. budget cuts mean for the fight against malaria. Here's my story in @science.org - with powerful photography by Marta Moreiras. www.science.org/content/arti...

The White House has concerns about allegedly risky research on viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. In response, the National Institutes of Health is cracking down on dozens of studies it was funding. By @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and @cohenjon.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...

"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr

How much expertise did a key vaccine panel lose this week when RFK Jr. fired its 17 members and appointed 8 new ones? @meredithwadman.bsky.social and I looked at their publication records to find out. www.science.org/content/arti...

Scoop from @sarareardon.bsky.social about the erratic process behind NIH's grant cancellations. www.science.org/content/arti...

Have advocates of more rigor in science been "useful idiots" who unwittingly helped Trump's attacks on U.S. research? @cathleenogrady.bsky.social sheds light on a fascinating discussion. www.science.org/content/arti...

Selling journal subscriptions is how scholarly societies have long made money. But that revenue stream is declining, putting the other work societies do at risk. www.science.org/content/arti... by @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social

Yesterday, Senators asked NIH director Jay Bhattacharya how Trump can justify a 40% cut to NIH's budget. He declined to say. www.science.org/content/arti... by @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

In the early 2010s, critics started pointing out that much of the psychology literature was unreliable. Now, a statistical analysis suggests the field is improving, @cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...

“We dissent to Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.” www.science.org/content/arti...

“It is a difficult time:” Mpox continues to spread in Africa but vaccination efforts are falling far short. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @cohenjon.bsky.social)

Tiny Sierra Leone has seen more than 3000 mpox cases since January; the past few weeks, it accounted for more than half of all new cases in Africa. www.science.org/content/arti...

HIV control efforts are falling apart in Lesotho en Eswatini, which have the highest infection rates in the world. This story by @cohenjon.bsky.social is the first in a series about Trump cuts' effects on global health, funded by the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...

Rubber hitting road: The elimination of US funding for programs that help countries fight neglected tropical diseases like lymphatic filariasis & river blindness is having & will have an enormous negative impact, @martinenserink.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientists used to think diseases that jump from animals to people really took off when people started domesticating cattle, sheep and goats 11,000 years ago. A new look at ancient bacterial DNA in @science.org by @poojaswali.bsky.social and colleagues suggests the pivotal moment came much later.

The Trump cuts to USAID undercut hard-won progress against 5 neglected tropical diseases that don't kill large numbers of people but that can be debilitating and stigmatizing--and that trap people in poverty. My story at www.science.org/content/arti...

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

ICYMI, @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social's short Q&A with NIH head Jay Bhattacharya was a wild ride: www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump will tighten the rules on research that could make infectious agents more dangerous. What it means in practice is quite unclear. www.science.org/content/arti...

A 400-page Trump administration report—authors unknown—on treatments for gender dysphoria “misrepresents the current medical consensus and fails to reflect the realities of pediatric care." www.science.org/content/arti... (By @phiejacobs.bsky.social)

Be sure not to miss the last bit of @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social's short, strange interview with NIH chief Jay Bhattacharya: www.science.org/content/arti...

"The encounter was brief, sometimes confrontational, and even personal:" @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social's 20 minute-interview with new NIH director Jay Bhattacharya. www.science.org/content/arti...

"It’s like I have to choose between my life and my career." The personal stories of 5 scientists affected by Trump's assault on science. www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH ends so-called foreign subawards. "I’m struggling to convey the enormous consequences of what this would mean, including the inability to work meaningfully on some of the world’s biggest killers." www.science.org/content/arti...

The devastating blows to American science during Trump's first 100 days, in numbers. And the end is nowhere in sight. www.science.org/content/arti...

Great account about 100 stunning days at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. As one scientist told @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social: "I want to cry." www.science.org/content/arti...

Thrilled to see @cohenjon.bsky.social and @sciwriabdul.bsky.social win an award for their stories about tracking infectious diseases in Nigeria. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/04...

Misinformation research is a key target of the Trump administration, right up there with DEI. The field has been gutted. www.science.org/content/arti...

In the swampy forests of New Guinea, the Indonesian government plans to create 1 million hectares of new rice farms. In the past, similar agricultural mega-projects have turned into disasters. www.science.org/content/arti...

“It’s an opportunity that I’ve been waiting for, similar to an epidemiologist waiting for an outbreak." For economists, Trump's tariff chaos provides a rare research opportunity. www.science.org/content/arti...

RFK Jr doubles down, says “environmental” toxins have sent autism rates soaring in the United States, @meredithwadman.bsky.social reports. A new NIH research initiative is supposed to provide answers by September. www.science.org/content/arti...

Multilateralism isn't dead yet. The world—minus the US—just finished an agreement to prevent and fight future pandemics. www.science.org/content/arti...

The chaos continues. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @sarareardon.bsky.social)

To keep humanity safe, the Biological Weapons Convention need stronger teeth—which in the current political climate is unlikely to happen. www.science.org/content/arti...

“There are ways that an NIH grant can be terminated... These terminations did not follow those rules.” www.science.org/content/arti... by @sarareardon.bsky.social

A National Institutes of Health policy designed to shield federal scientists from political interference—gone. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @phiejacobs.bsky.social)

One high level HHS official shown the door told Science, “I couldn’t have worked with these asshats anyway.” www.science.org/content/arti...

Today's massacre at U.S. health agencies: “It’s chaos—absolute chaos." www.science.org/content/arti... by @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

DOGE claims to save billions in taxpayer money. But ending research grants early—without getting data—wastes lots of money as well. Interesting analysis by @sarareardon.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...

This hasn't gotten much attention—but new National Science Foundation grants have dropped by almost half since Trump took office, an analysis by @davidimiller.bsky.social shows. www.science.org/content/arti... (Story by @policyhound.bsky.social)