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I Want A New Drug. A Vaccine Even. And A Functioning FDA, CDC, NIH, Etc…
Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
My cancer is back. This is disappointing but not unexpected; of the 2/3 of people who survive their first bout with ovarian cancer, 80% usually have it recur at some point. For me it was sooner than expected, and disheartening because, even if I beat it back …
Oct 11, 2025, 2:39 AM
RFK’s New CDC Chief Wants to Break Up the MMR Vaccine. Here’s Why That’s Such an Awful Idea
Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com
U.S. President Donald Trump has also called for the shot to be broken up into three separate jabs, echoing a major goal of the antivax movement.
Oct 7, 2025, 5:41 PM
Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to immune system researchers
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The international team discovered how the immune system is kept in check to prevent it attacking the body.
Oct 6, 2025, 9:37 AM
NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding
Max Kozlov, Nature.com
Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disperse all of the reseach funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.
Sep 29, 2025, 12:00 AM
Leucovorin for autism? Many scientists — and parents — are skeptical
Jon Hamilton, NPR
President Trump says an old drug that acts like a vitamin can reduce autism symptoms in many children. The science doesn't support that claim.
Sep 25, 2025, 1:02 PM
Trump Admin Tells Expecting Mothers To Avoid Tylenol Due To Unproven Link To Autism
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Back in April, RFK Jr. committed publicly to firmly knowing the cause of autism by September of this year. In May, Donald Trump himself weighed in with the already baked conclusion that autism doesn’t “occur naturally” and therefore must have some environment…
Sep 23, 2025, 10:43 PM
'Highly concerning': Major medical groups react to Trump's Tylenol, autism claim
Mary Kekatos, Liz Neporent, ABC News
Major medical groups stated acetaminophen is safe for pregnant women to take and that no studies have found a direct cause and effect between use in pregnancy and autism.
Sep 23, 2025, 10:14 PM
What we know, and don't, about the link between painkillers and autism
Grace Wade, New Scientist
Scientific evidence is lacking to support the US government’s decisions to caution against using a common painkiller in pregnancy and fast-track the approval of an experimental medication for autism
Sep 23, 2025, 8:30 PM
What is autism and is there a link to paracetamol?
BBC News
Some studies have suggested an association between the two, but experts say there is no causal relationship.
Sep 23, 2025, 10:54 AM
Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows
Allison Parshall, Scientific American
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin
Sep 22, 2025, 5:30 PM
Gizmodo Science Fair: A Stem Cell Treatment for Severely Damaged Corneas
Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com
CALEC could become one of the first major examples of stem cell therapy's potential to repair once-unfixable injuries.
Sep 22, 2025, 11:00 AM
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Pushes Forward in Cancer and Hemophilia Treatments
Laiba Immad, Yahoo Entertainment
In this article, we will be taking a look at the Top 10 AI-Powered Biotech Stocks to Buy Now. Pfizer Inc. is one of them. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), a global...
Sep 21, 2025, 1:19 PM
From heart to skin to hair, 'Replaceable You' dives into the science of transplant
Terry Gross, NPR
Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She also answers the question: Is it kosher to receive an organ donation from a pig?
Sep 16, 2025, 6:59 PM
Magic Mushroom Edibles Found to Contain No Psilocybin
Allison Parshall, Scientific American
Researchers tested 12 “magic mushroom” edibles. None contained psilocybin, but most contained undisclosed ingredients, including synthetic drugs whose safety hasn’t been tested in humans
Sep 11, 2025, 3:00 PM
Autism Has No Single Cause, Research Shows
Allison Parshall, Scientific American
Scientists will not find a simple answer to how autism arises, despite Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s promise to announce its causes sometime this month. Here’s what makes the condition so staggeringly complex
Sep 10, 2025, 12:00 PM
RFK Jr.’s New Tylenol-Autism Whisperer
Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic
William Parker, who says that children taking Tylenol causes autism, has spoken with the health secretary five times in the past month.
Sep 9, 2025, 9:00 PM
Letters from Our Readers
The New Yorker
Readers respond to Rachel Aviv’s report on a schizophrenia patient who turned out to have an autoimmune disease, Zach Helfand’s Talk of the Town story about Youman Wilder, and Hua Hsu’s article on A.I. and education.
Sep 8, 2025, 10:00 AM
What kind of dairy does a body good? Science is updating the answer
Will Stone, NPR
New dietary guidelines are coming soon. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised the days of skim milk and other low fat dairy products are over. Is there a case for more fat in dairy?
Sep 8, 2025, 9:00 AM
Pfizer Inc (PFE) Announces New Trial Collaboration With Olema Pharmaceuticals
Talha Qureshi, Yahoo Entertainment
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is one of the Most Undervalued S&P 500 Stocks to Buy Right Now. On September 2, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced a new trial...
Sep 7, 2025, 2:23 PM
HHS responds to report about autism and acetaminophen
Yuki Noguchi, NPR
A report that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has promised will come out this month will look at the causes of autism. Many worry it will have claims unsupported by science.
Sep 6, 2025, 10:00 AM
RFK Jr. Promises to Reveal the ‘Cause’ of Autism Next Month
Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com
Kennedy made the announcement at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Aug 27, 2025, 3:55 PM
LASIK Without Lasers? Scientists May Have Found a Way
Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com
California scientists have potentially created a non-invasive method of reshaping the cornea.
Aug 23, 2025, 10:00 AM
RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines
Emily Mullin, Wired
HHS is slashing hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccines and infectious disease treatments, but leaving the door open to mRNA therapies for cancer and genetic conditions.
Aug 13, 2025, 6:07 PM
Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research
Rob Stein, NPR
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
Aug 6, 2025, 7:18 PM