Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on…
Science Backers Say Proposed Science Cuts Pose Dire Risks
President Trump on Friday proposed slashing $163 billion in federal spending next fiscal year, a drastic retrenchment in the role…
What (Actually) Brings Teens Joy?
Headlines trumpet an alarming trend: American teenagers are in the midst of a crisis. Their rates of anxiety and depression…
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent…
New ‘Climate Superfund’ Laws Face Widening Legal Challenges
The Trump administration sued to block two state laws designed to force oil companies to pay the costs of climate…
Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13
The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an…
Assisted deaths could top 4,000 a year within decade
The number of people choosing an assisted death could top 4,000 a year within a decade of the law coming…
Two Scientific Groups Say They’ll Keep Working on U.S. Climate Assessment
The organizations said they planned to publish the assessment even after the Trump administration’s decision to dismiss all authors on…
Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposes Cutting NASA Funding by $6 Billion
That budgetary change aligns with the priorities of Elon Musk, who founded his SpaceX rocket company two decades ago with…
Justice Dept. Lawyers Say US Wants to Break up Google’s Ad Technology
In a hearing on Friday, lawyers for the Justice Depart. indicated the government would double down on its requests to…