Susan Monarez testifies at tense Senate hearing that scientific integrity is being quashed at US health agency.

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

As the CDC reels from the firing of its director, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Fox News the agency is “in trouble and we need to fix it.”

Nature - Researchers are arguing over whether ‘disruptive’ or ‘novel’ science is waning – and how to remedy the problem.

The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.

Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science and more.

Nature - A new crop of artificial-intelligence models allows users to create, manipulate and learn about biology using ordinary language.

‘Directed’ evolution in the laboratory creates an editing tool that outperforms classic CRISPR systems.

Providencia rettgeri is a rod-shaped, urease-producing, Gram-negative bacterium. It is motile, owing to the presence of flagella, which aid in its movement and colonisation of a wide range of environments. It is prevalent in hospitals and other healthcare settings, particularly on medical equipment, and therefore plays an increasingly important role in nosocomial infections. P. rettgeri produces mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae, which allow adhesion to uroepithelial mucosal cells and to exfoliated urinary cells, contributing to its role in urinary-tract infections.

An adventurous survey of inhospitable habitats unearths extraordinary organisms that pose challenging research questions.

Au and colleagues outline the field of nanopore sequencing.

The conversational diagnostic artificial intelligence system AMIE (Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer) has potential as a real-world tool for clinical history-taking and diagnostic dialogue, based on its performance in simulated consultations.

Researchers solve the mystery of a disease outbreak through long-term surveillance of wildlife in Africa.

Everything is about to change.

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But scientists have only begun to unlock the secrets of this ancient arms race.