Kate Zernike

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike

As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability. Mathias Unberath, a computer scientist at Johns Hopkins University, has many students from abroad. "My whole team, including those who were eager to apply for more permanent positions in the U.S., have no more interest," he said. Credit... KT Kanazawich for The New York Times Ardem Patapoutian's story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science.

4 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Kate Zernike

Scientists swear by the mRNA but its association with Covid vaccines has thrust it in the middle of a political storm Kate Zernike Published 02.06.25, 04:38 AM To scientists who study it, mRNA is a miracle molecule. The vaccines that harnessed it against Covid-19 saved an estimated 20 million lives, a rapid development that was recognised with a Nobel Prize. Clinical trials show mRNA-based vaccines increasing survival in patients with pancreatic and other deadly cancers.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike

In November, Missouri became the first state to overturn a near-total abortion ban by a citizen-sponsored ballot measure. On Wednesday, it became the first state to try to reverse that decision through a ballot question, after the Republican-controlled legislature approved a measure that would ask voters to ban abortion again. The question will appear on the ballot in November 2026, although Gov.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike

Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases, but some lawmakers want to ban them and the government is cutting funding. To scientists who study it, mRNA is a miracle molecule. The vaccines that harnessed it against Covid saved an estimated 20 million lives, a rapid development that was recognized with a Nobel Prize. Clinical trials show mRNA-based vaccines increasing survival in patients with pancreatic and other deadly cancers.

2 months ago | spokesman.com | Kate Zernike |Emily Cochrane |Isabelle Taft

For months, Dr. Jennifer Avegno, the director of the New Orleans Health Department, has watched the threats come closer: Louisiana led the United States as seasonal flu cases surged to their highest rate in 15 years, and had the nation’s first death from bird flu. Then came a deadly measles outbreak in neighboring Texas. The number of Louisiana schoolchildren with exemptions to vaccine requirements doubled in a year.