Babies exposed to air pollution during pregnancy take longer to learn to speak, research finds

A KCL study has found that exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy delayed speech development…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/babies-exposed-to-air-pollution-during-pregnancy-take-longer-to-learn-to-speak-research-finds

 

Trump fires independent board overseeing National Science Foundation

It could “eviscerate investments in fundamental research and in the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers for our nation”, Stassun said...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/trump-fires-national-science-foundation-board

 

FDA Commissioner explain why they canceled $500 million in mRNA research... Inbox

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8pZ8JLIpWVM

Joe Rogan influences President Trump to sign an executive order.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PLRS2u6D5io

RFK Jr believes that the acetaminophen-autism study was garbage. #autism...

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1r0WCpjUnwU

Taking Tylenol during pregnancy has no link to autism, new study finds

Trump has pushed unfounded claims of Tylenol use in pregnancy being tied to ‘a very increased risk of autism’…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/tylenol-acetaminophen-pregnancy-no-link-autism-latest-study

USDA Beltsville laboratory closure could affect bee research | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

When beekeepers saw widespread honeybee die-offs last year, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center stepped in to help. The Trump administration now plans to close the facility, sparking concern among beekeepers and scientists...

 https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-06/usda-bee-lab-closing

Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions, says review

But a trade body insisted cannabis did relieve the symptoms of anxiety and post-traumatic stress. 

Mike Morgan-Giles, the chief executive of the Cannabis Industry Council, said it was vital that patients with psychiatric conditions could access the treatment they needed. 

He added: "Real-world evidence including findings from T21 consistently shows that medical cannabis reduces symptoms for patients with anxiety and post-traumatic stress. 

"Regrettably, this latest paper adds more heat than light and does not adequately reflect how clinical prescribing is undertaken in the UK."…

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/cannabis-inot-effective-treatment-for-common-mental-health-conditions-review

 

Birth order may affect sexuality and identity : Short Wave : NPR

The fact that a person's likelihood of being gay increases with each older brother has been found all over the world – from Turkey to North America, Brazil, the Netherlands and beyond. Today, Selena gets into all the details: What this effect is, how it's been studied and what it can (and can't) explain about sexuality...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/10/nx-s1-5742476/birth-order-gay-sexuality-identity 

 

RFK Jr’s pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say

A Guardian review of Levi's record found that more than a dozen experts have criticized research papers he has authored on the topic for being misleading. Some experts also said they believed Levi, who is not a physician or vaccine expert and now heads ACIP's special immunizations work group on the Covid-19 vaccines, approaches the topic with a pre-determined agenda, instead of a spirit of true scientific inquiry. … 

Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, who served as head of Israel's public health services during the pandemic, and stepped down from that role earlier this year, told the Guardian she could recall reading a draft of a paper Levi wrote in 2021, which suggested a correlation between Israel's vaccination rate and emergency calls received by first responders in Israel that involved cardiac arrest. 

"We took it very seriously at the ministry of health. We invited him to a meeting to thoroughly look at the research," she said. "At the meeting it was clear that he was not familiar with the way the data is collected and potential wrong interpretations. What was more troubling: he didn't seem to care."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/rfk-jr-pick-review-covid-vaccines

 

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science

As Trump slashes science funding, young researchers flee abroad. Without solid innovation, the US could cease to have the largest biomedical ecosystem in the world…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

 

Trump derides Newsom and calls his UK deal 'inappropriate' - POLITICO

Trump's remarks came shortly after Newsom signed a memorandum of understanding in London with U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband pledging cooperation on clean energy technologies, including offshore wind. The agreement also aims to expand access for British firms, including Octopus Energy, to California's market and to boost collaboration between research institutions on both sides of the Atlantic...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/16/trump-calls-gavin-newsoms-clean-energy-deal-with-the-u-k-inappropriate-00782974 

 

FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine

"This is likely to discourage industry from investing in future influenza vaccines, and makes working with the US FDA uncertain and problematic," said Dorit Reiss, professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. 

"They are refusing to review a new vaccine with a more flexible technology, while creating a real risk we will not have traditional vaccines for next year."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/fda-moderna-flu-vaccine

 

‘I saw the writing on the wall’

Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/academics-austria-safe-haven

 

Did we find the cause of autism? #autism #research #doctor

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/77xDpGSm0V8

 

Abortion opponents demand more as Trump targets Planned Parenthood, foreign aid and fetal tissue research - POLITICO

The administration moves, timed around the annual March for Life, may not win back frustrated groups...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/abortion-opponents-demand-more-as-trump-targets-planned-parenthood-foreign-aid-and-fetal-tissue-research-00741765 

 

Study debunks Trump claim that paracetamol / Tylenol causes autism

Taking Tylenol drug in pregnancy does not raise chances of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability, 'gold standard' review finds…

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/16/study-debunks-trump-claim-paracetamol-causes-autism-pregnancy

 

The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider – only to switch it off

Next head of Cern backs massive replacement for world's largest machine to investigate mysteries of the universe…

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/31/large-hadron-collider-head-of-cern-mark-thomson

 

HHS cuts millions of dollars of funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M7Px9BQ-BY4

 

Trump selects doctor who promoted unproven covid treatment to helm U.S. cancer initiative - The Washington Post

Harvey Risch, an epidemiologist respected for his cancer research, promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic, despite a lack of evidence it worked against covid...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/17/trump-risch-cancer-covid