The most telling signal from Jay Bhattacharya’s confirmation hearing as nominee to direct the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday lay in what he would
When Jason Abaluck saw how a colleague was describing his research in court filings, he was annoyed. He’d just been over this. It had started
For Nancy Hastings, the face of the federal government is the young man who picks her up every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:45 a.m.
On Sunday, the National Science Foundation announced that its payment system was back online to comply with a judge’s order, five days after the agency
One scientist texted his landlord to say February rent would be late. Another wasn’t able to pay her credit card bill. Yet another wondered how
You’re reading Part 6 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. As a small
You’re reading Part 5 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. ST. LOUIS —
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We generally don’t think of rare-disease advocacy as funny. But of the many qualities apparent to anyone who met Sammy Basso, a biologist and spokesperson
You’re reading Part 4 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. Often, women with