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As much as half of the fentanyl sold on Philly’s streets contains an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacturing. That’s according to our November 2024 testing of fentanyl samples collected in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, regarded as the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast.

Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America

The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles

Jay Bhattacharya tells hearing he is intent on protecting research, even as president takes axe to federal funding

A federal judge is preventing the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding

President Donald Trump honored and applauded a young cancer survivor during his recent joint address to Congress despite his numerous attempts to cut funding for healthcare, including pediatric cancer research.

The Stanford health economist selected to lead the NIH has been criticized for his opposition to lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Academic research into AI is at risk from President Trump's cost-cutting, critics say.

Today’s septuagenarians are different from the ones who came before, becoming grandparents and retiring later

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers

If the Consumer Product Safety Commission doesn't have enough data to enact a rule, it shouldn't be making informal recommendations either.