In early 2025, as a measles outbreak begins in West Texas, Katherine Wells knows she needs money. Although the outbreak was centred in Gaines County, a community an hour away, Wells, who heads Lubbock’s public health department, needed more staff to respond to the multiple exposures at local pediatricians’ offices, urgent care centres, restaurants and…
North Carolina’s five-game winning streak in the Atlantic Coast Conference has officially ended. After an emotional win over a rival Duke on Saturday night, it was a quick turnaround for the Tar Heels. They went to Coral Gables to face off against a good Miami team and in the end, UNC never led in the…
The US federal government faced one of the most severe losses of scientific expertise in its modern history in 2025, when more than 10,000 STEM PhD scientists left federal agencies in a single year. An analysis published by Science, based on workforce data from the US Office of Personnel Management, found that 10,109 doctoral-level scientists have…
A new study shows that women suffer significant loss of grey matter in the brain after menopause, which may explain why they are more likely to suffer from dementia than men. Researchers looked at 124,780 women to investigate the effects of menopause on the brain and whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can prevent cognitive decline….
