kabu/Getty Images/iStockphoto The Trump administration wants to cut funding for specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, according to a leaked budget proposal reviewed by NPR. While anyone in a mental health crisis can call or text 988 and be connected to a trained counselor,Continue Reading
Coty Raven Morris conducts the combined Rose and Thorn Choirs singing an African piece called “Modimo” at the From the Dust concert performed at First Congregational Church in Portland in November, 2023. Chad Lanning for Portland State University Chad Lanning for Portland State University As a young child in NewContinue Reading
Adelaide Tovar, a postdoctoral geneticist at the University of Michigan, prepares cell samples in a science laboratory on campus. Tovar is one of about 200 young scientists who will lose research funding because the Trump administration abruptly ended the National Institute of Health’s MOSAIC grant program. (Mike Hawkins) Mike HawkinsContinue Reading
To say I was afraid of mice is to put it mildly. I was terrified, not only of how they looked and the way they scuttled along a baseboard but also of what they portended. This began in 2011, when, after months of failing health, I spent a week inContinue Reading
Evan Lee was in elementary school when he became the linchpin of his family’s business. With his neatly combed hair and dimpled smile, he was a charm bomb, conveying on camera both the cheerful sincerity of a boy scout and the precocious charisma of a whiz kid. Evan, eventually knownContinue Reading
Soon after President Donald J. Trump took office for his second term, thousands of health websites run by the federal government that kept the public informed about infectious diseases, mental health, vaccines and more were taken offline. Many eventually returned — in large part because a judge ordered the CentersContinue Reading
When a person develops solid tumors in the stomach or esophagus or rectum, oncologists know how to treat them. But the cures often come with severe effects on quality of life. That can include removal of the stomach or bladder, a permanent colostomy bag, radiation that makes patients infertile andContinue Reading
Do we really have free will when it comes to eating? It’s a vexing question that is at the heart of why so many people find it so difficult to stick to a diet. To get answers, one neuroscientist, Harvey J. Grill of the University of Pennsylvania, turned to ratsContinue Reading
LiveUpdated Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Restores Legal Status for Many International Students, but Warns of More Removals Justice Department lawyers said that immigration officials had begun work on a new system for reviewing and terminating student visas.Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times Where Things Stand Student visas:Continue Reading
Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety labs, and say they are conducting a review to determine if other critical posts were cut. A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the rehirings andContinue Reading
