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NIH Director Defends Fauci Amid White House Criticism 

NIH Director Defends Fauci Amid White House Criticism 

"The idea of losing that leadership at this critical moment for our nation is unthinkable," NIH Director Francis Collins told STAT. 

Immigrants Help Make America Great

Immigrants Help Make America Great

On 22 June, President Trump issued a proclamation that temporarily restricts many types of legal immigration into the country, including that of scientists and students. This will make America neither greater nor safer-rather, it could make America less so, argues Sudip Parikh.

CDC feels pressure from Trump as rift grows over coronavirus response

CDC feels pressure from Trump as rift grows over coronavirus response

An email to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was omnious: A senior adviser to a top Health and Human Services Department official accused the CDC of "untermining the president".

Department of Homeland Security Rule Bans International Students from Online-only Instruction Models This Fall

Department of Homeland Security Rule Bans International Students from Online-only Instruction Models This Fall

The new Department of Homeland Security rule prohibits international students from returning to or remaining in the United States if their colleges adopt an online-only instruction model for the fall.

Science Is Better When We Open Our Doors to Immigrants

Science Is Better When We Open Our Doors to Immigrants

The Trump administration's move to end visa programs for skilled immigrants will be catastrophic to the U.S. scientific enterprise at a time when we should be strengthening it with investments of funding and talent.

The CDC Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic. Then The Agency Disappeared

The CDC Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic. Then The Agency Disappeared

The world's premier health agency pushed a flawed coronavirus containment strategy - until it disappeared from public view one day before the outbreak was declared a pandemic.

E.U. May Bar American Travelers As It Reopens Borders, Citing Failures on Virus

E.U. May Bar American Travelers As It Reopens Borders, Citing Failures on Virus

European Union officials are racing to agree on who can visit the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries of origin are faring with new coronavirus cases. Americans, so far, are excluded, according to draft lists seen by The New York Times.

Top U.S. Scientists Left out of White House Selection of COVID-19 Vaccine Shortlist

Top U.S. Scientists Left out of White House Selection of COVID-19 Vaccine Shortlist

Operation Warp Speed's chooses largely unproven vaccine technologies for fast-tracking.

What the Rift Between the US and WHO Means for Global Health

What the Rift Between the US and WHO Means for Global Health

If President Trump sidelines the World Health Organization, experts foresee incoherence, inefficiency and resurgence of deadly diseases.

Science Superpowers After COVID-19 Lockdowns Lift: a Letter of Hope from China to the United States

Science Superpowers After COVID-19 Lockdowns Lift: a Letter of Hope from China to the United States

Scientists from both countries must rise above political rhetoric for the sake of all, says Xiao-Nong Zhou.

U.S. Lawmakers Unveil Bold $100 Billion Plan to Remake NSF

U.S. Lawmakers Unveil Bold $100 Billion Plan to Remake NSF

Agency would get a huge infusion of cash, and responsibility for maintaining U.S. global leadership in innovation, under bipartisan bills that have just been introduced in both houses of Congress.

Vaccine Experts Say Moderna's Covid-19 Data Leave Big Questions

Vaccine Experts Say Moderna's Covid-19 Data Leave Big Questions

While Moderna blitzed the media, it revealed very little information - and most of what it did disclose were words, not data.

The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead

The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead

There will be no quick return to our previous lives, according to nearly two dozen experts. But there is hope for managing the scourge now and in the long term.

EPA Can't Bar Grantees from Sitting on Science Advisory Panels, Judge Rules

EPA Can't Bar Grantees from Sitting on Science Advisory Panels, Judge Rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot block recipients of agency funding from participating on its science advisory boards, a federal judge said yesterday.

There's Been a Spike in People Dying at Home in Several Cities. That…

There's Been a Spike in People Dying at Home in Several Cities. That…

Coronavirus death counts are based on positive tests and driven by hospital deaths. But data from major metropolitan areas shows a spike in at-home deaths, prompting one expert to say current numbers were just "the tip of the iceberg."

Putin's Long War Against American Science

Putin's Long War Against American Science

A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major institutions and encouraged the spread of deadly illnesses.