Anna Kuchment

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Anna Kuchment |Adria Watson

We New Englanders love our pets as much as anyone else. And just as our region is a world capital of human-focused science and medicine, it is also a capital of veterinary research. Yet high-quality information about dog, cat, bird, rodent and lizard health is hard to come by. So we’ve asked a panel of veterinarians to answer common questions about how to raise healthy feathered, scaled and four-legged family members.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Anna Kuchment

As a student at Framingham High School, Nina Friedman loved biology and psychology. A few years later, she landed a dream position at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, where she studies how adult brains adapt and learn, with implications for treating cognitive decline. Since January, however, her coveted position has been tarnished by changes under the Trump administration, she said.

Feb 24, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Anna Kuchment

Some of the most powerful drugs in our medical arsenal come from animal venom. Ozempic was derived from Gila monsters, a lizard native to the southwestern US; Prialt, used to treat chronic pain in HIV and cancer patients, comes from deadly cone snails; and captopril, the first ACE inhibitor, a class of drugs used to treat high blood pressure, came from Brazilian pit vipers. Mandë Holford, a marine chemical biologist, is dedicated to finding the next generation of venom-derived treatments.

Feb 4, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Anna Kuchment |Adria Watson

In an effort to comply with President Donald Trump’s directives that his administration would recognize only two genders and end diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the CDC, NIH and other federal agencies have frozen research funding, asked for papers and data to be removed from government web sites and demanded that grant recipients terminate any work or contracts related to DEI. If you’ve been impacted by these changes, please fill out our survey below and a reporter may be in touch.

Jan 28, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Anna Kuchment |Kay Lazar |Neena Hagen

Sameer Sonkusale had already bought his nonrefundable plane ticket to Washington, D.C., to present his research for federal funding when the email pinged into his inbox last week. The session, scheduled for this Tuesday was canceled “due to new guidance.” The email said he would be notified about next steps, but so far he’s heard nothing.