Also, as the NIH leadership has mentioned many times, there are NIH-funded projects in every state. NIH grants create jobs and boost local economies

Consequences of Grant Termination in Clinical Trials. "The termination of clinical trial grants for reasons other than safety or efficacy is wasteful in terms of time and energy, scientific opportunity, and federal tax dollars." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Opinion: “Make America Healthy Again” will make the world sicker: The public health policies of the US administration will have dire results for national and global health: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

New York state officials and Wall Street executives are teaming up to avoid a federal takeover of New York City by making the case to President Trump that a surge in law enforcement would be bad for business.

Heritage board member resigns over organization's defense of Tucker Carlson - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

More than 73,000 people were in Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

NIH cuts disrupted hundreds of clinical trials, study finds. “Those findings suggest that there's a bias towards termination of grants that have nothing to do with the quality of research being conducted.” www.fiercebiotech.com/research/nih...

New from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.

He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms. By @megomatz.bsky.social

RFK's food/wellness views are popular. His vaccine stance & research cuts are not. Dems crafting messaging for 2026 think the latter will matter more. "Those policies are much more dangerous than how much red dye is in your food," @protectourcare.org's leader said. "You can’t eat if you’re dead”

Doctor here— normal brain scans do not have unidentifiable regions that may be attributed to a parasitic infection. Hope that clears that up.

Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants. n.pr/4pgmAna

The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and minorities have been buying guns, especially after the 2024 election.

Please, please don’t make me write about this. Ticks are disgusting

Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.

Kansas Republican leaders couldn't rally enough support this fall for a special session on redistricting. It's just one example of lawmakers pushing back on a new round of partisan gerrymandering.

Maine's four-person congressional delegation is one of the smallest in the country. Yet their mixed votes on the bill to reopen the government reflect the national divide over the fraught issue.

Israel deported more than 150 freed Palestinian prisoners last month. Some experts in Israel warn it could have long-term consequences for Israeli security.

The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.

Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.

The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.

The government is back open. There are lots of questions about what this means, how we got here and where we go from here. Let's dig in.

As a health reporter, I try really hard to include diverse and underrepresented voices in my stories. Everyone should! Let me know if you have a health expert/advocate to recommend as a source.

Nations have begun climate negotiations at the COP30 summit in Brazil. Studies show the world is not on track to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.

President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents.

Experts answer audience questions about fielding unsolicited advice and prying questions, including what to say when people make uncomfortable comments about your body or your relationships.

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest. n.pr/4i0HBzD

Ten years! Amazing

Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a "traitor" after his revoking political endorsement of her. Greene said Sunday his words can "put my life in danger."

If you're planning on buying an artificial Christmas tree this year, you may want to make your purchase sooner rather than later. n.pr/3XxNYkA

Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes.

As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.

Can’t wait to watch! Ken Burns is the smartest person I’ve ever met.

Hundreds of National Guard troops will leave Portland and Chicago www.npr.org/2025/11/16/n...

Yay! Just in time for Thanksgiving!

Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago. n.pr/4phUXtP

Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming. n.pr/4pi5rJH

More women are planning to deck the halls in rented fashion this year, just as inflation and tariffs are poised to push clothing prices higher. n.pr/47Iu2S6

A growing number of 20-somethings are trying to freeze time with preventative Botox treatments. Here's what's behind the trend. n.pr/48iWytB

Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors. n.pr/4r59PgR

Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women. n.pr/3LNfZly

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. n.pr/4808e3j

In a 3-year randomized controlled trial in 604 older adults who did not have cognitive impairment but did have a family history of dementia, the MIND diet improved cognition in the participants with a BMI of at least 35. examine.com/research-fee...

3 roadblocks for the Senate’s last-ditch health care negotiations www.axios.com/2025/11/15/s...

Crunch time for ACA subsidy deal. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Why might a 79-year-old man need an MRI of his brain? A neurologist shares his perspective. www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/t...

Most Medicare enrollees will face premiums that are 10% higher next year, creating budget anxiety for millions of seniors. www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/m...