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Research at the University of Connecticut is endangered as federal funding freezes threaten the education of the next generation of researchers, a computational biology professor at UConn said.

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While a new NIH policy introduces higher financial stakes and places compliance responsibility firmly with universities, it ...

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As the Trump administration lays out ambitious plans to address autism, many longtime leaders and well-known experts in the ...

During her first full hearing as committee chairwoman, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine also said the Trump ...

The CDC says fluoridation is among the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. Utah recently became the ...

NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep ...

The father of the dominant theory of Alzheimer’s disease told another eminent researcher he is “causing harm” by criticizing ...