Federal grants "are investments," a veteran researcher explains, and cutting them will endanger people's lives here and elsewhere.

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A recent flurry of executive orders and surprise actions by the Trump administration have roiled WHO, the CDC and the international public health community.

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Kennedy Jr. will face questioning by Senators from both parties on Wednesday and Thursday, in one of the most anticipated ...

Trump seems intent on freezing out professional scientists, especially those with strong academic research backgrounds.

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. The decision will affect dozens ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers his opening statement ahead of his first confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human ...