What came first? The dodo or the egg? www.npr.org/2026/05/19/n...

These labs say they can screen embryos for specific traits. Should you? www.npr.org/2026/05/06/n...

A gene therapy for a rare form deafness receives FDA approval www.npr.org/2026/04/23/n...

Colossal aims to bring woolly mammoths back from extinction www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

CDC issues fewer health alerts during second Trump term www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...

CDC changes flu vaccine recommendation for children as the flu rages www.npr.org/sections/sho...

CDC slashes vaccines recommended for all kids www.npr.org/sections/sho...

CDC slashes vaccines recommended for all kids www.npr.org/sections/sho...

CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol in a new study www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...

CDC advisers study safety of aluminum additive in vaccines, worrying scientists www.npr.org/2025/10/31/g... www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

With no guidelines yet from CDC, getting a COVID shot remains confusing www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Scientists create human eggs via in vitro gametogenesis www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

People face hurdles getting COVID vaccines at the pharmacy www.npr.org/sections/sho...

COVID vaccines now approved only for high-risk people www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Embryos small but mighty, live videos show www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The tech behind genetically modified babies is getting a reboot www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...

The quest to creat gene-edited babies gets a reboot www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine moves www.npr.org/sections/sho...

COVID vaccine changes confuse and upset some parents and families www.npr.org/sections/sho...

CDC to stop recommending COVID vaccine for kids, pregnant women www.npr.org/sections/sho...

A promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump administration's universal flu vaccine project puzzles scientists www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump restricts funding for controversial 'gain-of-function' research www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department www.npr.org/sections/sho...

RFK Jr. to require placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines www.npr.org/sections/sho...

HHS reverses course and restores funding for Women's Health Initiative www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Women's Health Initiative study loses federal funding www.npr.org/2025/04/23/n...

‘Lab Leak,’ a flashy page on the virus’ origins, replaces government COVID sites www.npr.org/sections/sho...

White House orders NIH to research trans “regret” and “detransition.” www.npr.org/sections/sho...

White House orders NIH to research trans 'regret' and 'detransition' www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...

I’m Rob Stein, a correspondent at NPR covering the N.I.H. I’m working on a story about how the cuts are affecting intramural research. Anyone have any concrete examples of how experiments, trials, research etc has been damaged? If so, please contact me at [email protected] or on Signal at robstein.22.

NIH leaders offered Indian Health Service jobs in Alaska, Montana, Dakotas www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Peter Marks cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies' as a reason for his resignation www.npr.org/sections/sho...

NIH research cuts target vaccine hesitancy. mRNA technology could be next www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...

NIH funding cuts target vaccine hesitancy research and mRNA technology a likely too www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...

Is the COVID-19 virus still mutating? www.npr.org/sections/sho...

These mice might be the key to reviving woolly mammoths www.npr.org/2025/03/04/1...

Hoping to revive woolly mammoths, scientists start with 'woolly mice' www.npr.org/sections/sho...

NIH funding freeze stalls $1.5 billion in medical research grant funding www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Flu rages while COVID remains mild www.npr.org/sections/sho...