Thursday, May 14, 2026

Health

N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Seeks Whistle-Blower Protection

Jenna Norton, a National Institutes of Health employee, has been an outspoken critic of the administration’s research cuts and has been on paid leave. Source link

Morris Waxler, F.D.A. Official Who Switched Stance on Lasik, Dies at 88

While at the federal agency, he approved the laser device for eye surgery but later warned of its potential to cause harm. Source link

Physician Assistants Want a New Name and More Power. Not Everyone Is Happy.

How increased responsibilities and a push to be called “physician associates” are raising tensions with doctors. Source link

What It’s Like to Live With One of Psychiatry’s Most Misunderstood Diagnoses

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it. Source link

Genes May Control Your Longevity, However Healthily You Live

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age. Source link

Angella Ferguson, a Leader in Sickle Cell Anemia Research, Dies at 100

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as well as treatment guidelines. Source link

Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies

His pioneering work on the origins of cancer was later overshadowed by his contrarian views, notably his rejection of the established theory that H.I.V. causes AIDS. Source link

Thomas Fogarty, 91, Who Helped Revolutionize Vascular Surgery, Dies

Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way. It has saved millions of lives. Source link

RFK Jr. Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked

A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed. Source link

Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people. Source link
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