Sunday, February 22, 2026

Health

N.I.H. Bars New Funding From U.S. Scientists to Partners Abroad

The National Institutes of Health will no longer allow American scientists to direct its funding to research partners overseas, casting doubt on the future of studies on subjects including malaria and childhood cancer.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the new director...

Cyberattack on UnitedHealth Leaves Medical Providers in Debt

Two independent medical practices in Minnesota once hoped to expand operations but have spent the past year struggling to recover from the cyberattack on a vast UnitedHealth Group payment system.Odom Health & Wellness, a sports medicine and rehabilitation...

Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups and setting back efforts to...

Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak

A prime example of elderspeak: Cindy Smith was visiting with her father in his assisted living apartment in Roseville, Calif. An aide who was trying to induce him to do something — Ms. Smith no longer remembers exactly...

Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him Hundreds of Times

The video is just under two and a half minutes long. A slim man with close-cropped hair walks into a room, pulls a long black mamba — whose venom can kill within an hour — from a crate...

Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals that Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan that would require placebo-controlled studies for all new vaccines, surprising some experts who noted that such testing already routinely takes place.In a statement, Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the...

Two Theories of Consciousness Faced Off. The Ref Took a Beating.

Consciousness may be a mystery, but that doesn’t mean that neuroscientists don’t have any explanations for it. Far from it.“In the field of consciousness, there are already so many theories that we don’t need more theories,” said Oscar...

Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research

On April 1, the Trump administration’s effort to slash government funding arrived in Morgantown, W.Va., where federal scientists spent their days studying health and safety threats to American workers. That morning, hundreds of employees at the National Institute...

Trump vs. Science – The New York Times

Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, quit. He didn’t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump cut more than 400 active research awards from...

Immunotherapy Drug Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies

When a person develops solid tumors in the stomach or esophagus or rectum, oncologists know how to treat them. But the cures often come with severe effects on quality of life. That can include removal of the stomach...
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31 Dairy-Free Desserts That Don’t Taste Like a Compromise

Gone are the days when dairy-free desserts meant long ingredient lists and lackluster results. Today’s recipes rely on...
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