Sara Talpos

Michigan

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Senior Editor and Reporter at UNDARK

Reporter and editor @undarkmag / Occasional freelance writing / Former lecturer @UM_English / Signal: saratalpos.64

Articles

Via the False Claims Act, NIH puts universities on edge

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Sara Talpos

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
Via the False Claims Act, NIH puts universities on edge

1 week ago | arstechnica.com | Sara Talpos

A funding pause at Michigan illustrates the uncertainty around new language in NIH grant awards. Earlier this year, a biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan received an update from the National Institutes of Health. The federal agency, which funds a large swath of the country’s medical science, had given the green light to begin releasing funding for the upcoming year on the researcher’s multi-year grant.
Via the False Claim Act, NIH Puts Universities on Edge

1 week ago | undark.org | Sara Talpos

Earlier this year, a biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan received an update from the National Institutes of Health. The federal agency, which funds a large swath of the country’s medical science, had given the greenlight to begin releasing funding for the upcoming year on the researcher’s multi-year grant. Not long after, the researcher learned that the university had placed the grant on hold.
Counting the Potential Casualties of the One Big Beautiful Bill

2 weeks ago | undark.org | Sara Talpos

Last week, the growing tension between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into public view when Musk took aim at the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The legislation, which calls for sweeping changes to taxes and spending, is currently before the Senate. Somewhat lost in the hullabaloo was a new analysis by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.
Seeking New Foods, Scientists Look to Bacteria, Algae, and More

3 weeks ago | portside.org | Sara Talpos

Seeking New Foods, Scientists Look to Bacteria, Algae, and More Published June 2, 2025 AS A TEENAGER growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown quickly and in huge quantities. Onyeaka wondered if that abundance could be harnessed to feed people in conflict zones where children were suffering from malnutrition, their distended stomachs a clear sign of protein deficiency.
Amid Turbulence, the NIH's Jay Bhattacharya Era Begins

1 month ago | undark.org | Sara Talpos

Five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and 82 days after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, dozens of people gathered in a Washington D.C. townhouse to celebrate Jay Bhattacharya, who had recently been confirmed as director of the National Institutes of Health, the world’s top agency for biomedical research.
Interview: Why Autistic women have been overlooked for decades

1 month ago | popsci.com | Sara Talpos

Image: Getty Images This article was originally featured on Undark.
Interview: Why Autistic Women Have Been Overlooked for Decades

2 months ago | autism.einnews.com | Sara Talpos

It’s been more than 30 years since the award-winning film “Rain Man,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, put a spotlight on autism — or, more specifically, on a specific type of autism characterized by social awkwardness and isolation and typically affecting males. Yet as far back as the 1980s, at least one prominent autism researcher wondered whether autism’s male skew might simply reflect the fact that autistic females were, for some reason, going undiagnosed.
Interview: Why Autistic Women Have Been Overlooked for Decades

2 months ago | undark.org | Sara Talpos

It’s been more than 30 years since the award-winning film “Rain Man,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, put a spotlight on autism — or, more specifically, on a specific type of autism characterized by social awkwardness and isolation and typically affecting males. Yet as far back as the 1980s, at least one prominent autism researcher wondered whether autism’s male skew might simply reflect the fact that autistic females were, for some reason, going undiagnosed.
Authors of ‘In Covid’s Wake’ Detail How Pandemic Politics Failed Public

Mar 13, 2025 | childrenshealthdefense.org | Sara Talpos

By Sara TalposIn March and April of 2020, more than 50,000 people in the U.S. died from the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Doctors were forced to guess at which treatments might work, while hospitals reported shortages of face masks and other personal protective equipment. On March 19, 2020, California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, was the first to issue a statewide stay-at-home order. Most other states soon followed suit. For more than three years, the country remained under a .