My Son Never Turned 7. Because of Choices in Washington, Others Won’t Either.
This article was originally published in the New York Times. By Zain Habboo My son Rakan was 5 years old when I first said the word “cancer” to a doctor. They looked at me the way doctors sometimes look at mothers, as if I were afraid of my shadow. It was allergies, they said. Gas. The […]
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
This article was originally published in the New York Times A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health awarded top scientists $9 billion in competitive grants each year, to find cures for diseases and improve public health. This year, something unusual happened… Starting […]