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'I Was Chest-Bumped by Police': Lead Journal Editor Thrown Out of Diabetes Conference for Criticising Trump's Research Cuts

Five scientists were removed from a diabetes conference for distributing an editorial criticising the Trump administration's biomedical science policies, leading to a ban from the event.

International Business Times UK

Federal Scientists Charged After Attempt to Secretly Bring 113 Virus Vials, Including Mpox Samples, to the US

Two US scientists are charged with illegally smuggling 113 virus vials, including Mpox, from Africa, breaching strict biosafety and customs rules.

International Business Times UK

Vials Found in Large Case at Detroit Airport: 2 Researchers Accused of Smuggling Mpox, Chickenpox, DNA Into US

Two NIH researchers face charges for allegedly smuggling viral samples, including mpox and chickenpox, into the US from Congo, raising public safety concerns.

International Business Times UK

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‘A rude awakening’: more doctors running for office in rebuke to Trump’s health policies

Medical professionals are entering the political arena as funding cuts, layoffs and RFK Jr’s vaccine skepticism spur them to action

The Guardian - US

Flavored vapes led to a major shake-up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science behind the controversial products

The resignation of Marty Makary, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on May 12, 2026, brought to the forefront a heated controversy over fruit-flavored nicotine vapes.

The Conversation

'The name was inaccurate': PCOS gets a new name after years-long effort

Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, has just been given a new name that experts say better reflects the nature of the condition.

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How a Scientific Cartel Protects Fraudsters and Rakes in Billions of Taxpayer Dollars

Corrupt scientists rarely face accountability. The real victims are everyone else.

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Lawmakers Confront Witness Over Claims Aborted Baby Parts Were Implanted Into Lab Animals Via Fauci's NIAID Grants

A resurfaced House oversight hearing clip reveals NIH's extensive funding of animal experiments using human foetal tissue, sparking renewed debate amid a recent funding ban.

International Business Times UK

Estrogen in both the male and female brain shapes responses to trauma, study suggests

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against such stressors, a mouse study finds.

LiveScience

Nearly 13% of Americans use drugs or marijuana to fall asleep

Some 50-70 million Americans suffer from a sleep disorder

The Independent UK

Ex-Fauci adviser charged in COVID-19 pandemic cover-up case over secret emails and alleged backchannel deals

Prosecutors allege that he tried to “counter the narrative” about the leak theory.

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Former Fauci aide charged with concealing Covid records

Ex-Niaid employee David Morens accused of trying to shield correspondence related to outbreak of pandemic

The Guardian - US

Lawmakers Seem Unlikely To Back RFK's $16 Billion Cuts to HHS

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends his HHS budget, the modest cuts suggest shrinking government isn’t his real priority.

Reason

Senators spurn budget request for NIH overhead cost cap

Key senators are already dismissing a renewed attempt by the White House to cap medical research overhead costs, well before they start drafting fiscal 2027 spending bills. Top Republican appropriators, including committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday that they do not support a uniform…

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The Independent UK

What on earth is ‘vaccine beer’ and could it possibly work?

Just a pint or two of ale a day could be enough to trigger protective antibodies

The Guardian - US

Alarm as acting CDC director delays report showing Covid vaccine benefits

Study that reportedly found reduction in ER visits and hospitalizations being reviewed by Jay Bhattacharya

International Business Times UK

Trump Seeks £1.15 Trillion Military and £290M White House Renovation Budget by Cutting Billions in Grants

President Trump's FY2027 budget proposes the largest military spending in US history, while cutting funds from health, education and climate programs.

The Conversation

Panicking scientists, canceled experiments – federal funding cuts turned my work as a research dean into crisis management

Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I imagine that my role as a research dean at a medical school would be taken over by navigating chaotic grant terminations and delays of federal research funding, all justified in…

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The Guardian - US

‘No kings, just vaccines!’: demonstrators gather at NIH headquarters to protest against cuts to medical research

Protesters decried Trump administration healthcare policies and direction of HHS under leadership of RFK Jr

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Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding

The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the planning. The budget request, slated for release next week, reflects President Donald Trump’s policy priorities and acts as a…

International Business Times

Trump's Higher Education Crackdown at Year One: What Has Stuck, What Has Collapsed, and What Is Still Being Fought

One year into President Trump's second term, his administration's campaign to reshape American higher education has produced a mixed record — DEI bans largely blocked by courts but still enforced selectively, billions in research funding frozen at Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and Duke, visa revocations halted by injunctions, the SAVE…

International Business Times UK

RFK Jr. Office Replaces Official Phone Line With Domino's Number Amid Pressure Over Cat Testing Controversy

A rogue HHS staffer allegedly redirected calls to a pizza chain amid an anti–animal testing campaign, raising accountability questions for Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

International Business Times UK

Newsom Claims RFK Jr. is Receiving Calls from Advocates Telling Him to Stop Funding Animal Testing on Cats

Governor Gavin Newsom publicly pressured RFK Jr. over NIH‑funded cat experiments after advocates flooded his office with calls.

The Guardian - UK

‘We were at a loss’: the couples trying to get pregnant by removing plastics from their lives

New Netflix documentary The Plastic Detox follows an epidemiologist’s radical new plan to boost fertility in three months. We meet the couples whose lives were turned upside down – and in some cases, hugely for the better

The Guardian - US

‘How is he going to have the time?’ NIH staff voice concern as Bhattacharya takes on CDC role

Scientists fear NIH director will be even more absent and leave key issues unresolved as he takes interim CDC lead

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