Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Donald Trump has changed the way scientists engage with presidential ...

The Trump administration’s attack on scientific institutions has been characteristically audacious: Eliminating the U.S. Agency for International Development, which funded healthcare interventions and ...

A microscopic discovery in a California lake sparked buzz and controversy more than a decade ago when it was first revealed. Scientists said they'd discovered bacteria that used the element ...

Communications experts suggest that the best way to get a conversation going with someone you disagree with is to ask them to talk about themselves. Unfortunately, I have found that asking “What the ...

Which scientific publishers and journals are worst affected by fraudulent or dubious research papers — and which have done least to clean up their portfolio? A technology start-up founded to help ...

Effective January 1st, we are pleased to announce that Heritage Science has rebranded to npj Heritage Science. This rebranding marks our collaboration with Nature Partner Journals (npj) and ...

Experts at the ERS Congress 2025 highlighted threats to scientific integrity from misinformation, political interference, and predatory publishing in health research.

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping ...

An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications. By Teddy Rosenbluth ...

Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days. By Sarah Scoles Sarah Scoles ...