About $800 million in funding for hundreds of federal research grants related to topics such as health disparities, LGBTQ+ health, and vaccines can be paused while the grants’ fate is litigated, the Supreme Court ruled on August 22.
Expansions to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—a federal program providing cash assistance to low-income families with children—may help increase rates of breastfeeding in the U.S., according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
Children who are prosocial—engaging in behaviors such as being kind, caring, and cooperative—are more likely to eat healthier when they become teenagers, according to a study.
Risk of cardiovascular disease was 41% higher in women who experienced stalking and 70% higher in women with experience obtaining a restraining order, compared to women without these experiences, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has stated in the media that the agency supports the health and well-being of minority groups—but the NIH has terminated many grants funding health disparities research, contradicting his words, experts say.
In the wake of the Trump administration’s massive cuts to federal research funding at Harvard University, scientists have been struggling to keep their work afloat.
Researchers who had their federal funding terminated by the Trump administration—and later had it restored thanks to a federal judge’s ruling—say that the process of getting their projects moving again has been marked by confusion and delays.
Experts warned that GLP-1 branded supplements don’t match the effectiveness of real GLP-1 agonists such Ozempic and Wegovy, medications for diabetes and weight loss.
