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Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker

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In Trump administration redirect, U.S. steers NIH sharply away from biodefense and pandemic preparedness

In Trump administration redirect, U.S. steers NIH sharply away from biodefense and pandemic preparedness

Shelby Bradford

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

Science challenges anti-soda activists: No, sodas won’t make you fat

Science challenges anti-soda activists: No, sodas won’t make you fat

Cameron English

Health misinformation minefield: Countering online deluge by copying its style

Health misinformation minefield: Countering online deluge by copying its style

Emily Booth, Jooyoung Lee, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu

GLP Features

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

In Trump administration redirect, U.S. steers NIH sharply away from biodefense and pandemic preparedness

In Trump administration redirect, U.S. steers NIH sharply away from biodefense and pandemic preparedness

Shelby Bradford

Science challenges anti-soda activists: No, sodas won’t make you fat

Science challenges anti-soda activists: No, sodas won’t make you fat

Cameron English

Health misinformation minefield: Countering online deluge by copying its style

Health misinformation minefield: Countering online deluge by copying its style

Emily Booth, Jooyoung Lee, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu

Viewpoint: Activists hype ‘dangerous level’ of pesticide residues in Driscoll berries: Separating health concerns from fear-mongering

Viewpoint: Activists hype ‘dangerous level’ of pesticide residues in Driscoll berries: Separating health concerns from fear-mongering

Victims of their own success: As memories of killer diseases fade, vaccine rejectionism soars

Victims of their own success: As memories of killer diseases fade, vaccine rejectionism soars

100% raw milk, 100% misguided: As MAHA-fueled demand for unpasteurized milk soars, American Academy of Pediatrics renews call for a ban on its sale and distribution

100% raw milk, 100% misguided: As MAHA-fueled demand for unpasteurized milk soars, American Academy of Pediatrics renews call for a ban on its sale and distribution

RFK Jr.’s EPA capitulates to anti-abortionists, authorizes study of safe abortion pills which activists falsely claim are “poisoning” our water supply

RFK Jr.’s EPA capitulates to anti-abortionists, authorizes study of safe abortion pills which activists falsely claim are “poisoning” our water supply

Testosterone’s growing appeal to women: It anecdotally mildly improves sex life, but are there any other potential benefits—or red flags?

Testosterone’s growing appeal to women: It anecdotally mildly improves sex life, but are there any other potential benefits—or red flags?

Viewpoint: ‘Statistical murder’: Kennedy’s expanding record of “duplicity and mendacity”

Viewpoint: ‘Statistical murder’: Kennedy’s expanding record of “duplicity and mendacity”

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Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer

Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer

Does glyphosate—the world's most heavily-used herbicide—pose serious harm to humans? Is it carcinogenic? Those issues are of both legal and ...

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A New Transparency Tool from the Genetic Literacy Project

Who is David and who is Goliath in the lobbying battle over agricultural biotechnology? Activists? Agro-business? In a commitment to transparency, the GLP has mined 5 years of data to help the public understand the funding network that shapes the biotechnology debate.

Explore donor and recipient interactive maps

Science Literacy Project Daily Digest

Science Controversies in the Media

‘A new frontier’: Though scorned by RFK Jr., personalized mRNA vaccine offers hope for many suffering from melanoma skin cancer

Washington Post

A ‘shining success’ or ’empty promises’: Two years along, West Virginians assess MAHA’s food promises

Pennsylvania tells doctors to prepare for a surge in newborn measles cases—a complication unseen in decades

Climate disruption alert: Global emissions hold steady while Trump’s America fuels more warming

Guinea-Bissau halts widely condemned RFK Jr.-backed vaccine trial that would have withheld life-saving vaccines from thousands of newborns

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s order halting transgender surgeries and hormone treatments for inmates

‘Disillusioned’: Controversial RFK Jr. ally and MAHA leader Calley Means quits Trump advisory role

Wall Street Journal

Viewpoint: The libertarian case for getting the government out of the business of regulating food choices

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'A new frontier': Though scorned by RFK Jr., personalized mRNA vaccine offers hope for many suffering from melanoma skin cancer

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Viewpoint—“Miracle molecule” debunked: Why acemannan supplements don’t work

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‘Weird food’? Testicle- and brain-eating, supplement-gulping MAHA health food enthusiasts defend their ‘natural’ diets

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Science challenges anti-soda activists: No, sodas won’t make you fat

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PFAS in Agriculture: Science, Uncertainty, and Risk Communication

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Viewpoint: Activists hype ‘dangerous level’ of pesticide residues in Driscoll berries: Separating health concerns from fear-mongering

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Pennsylvania tells doctors to prepare for a surge in newborn measles cases—a complication unseen in decades

Government Briefing on Autism Trends

Viewpoint: ‘Statistical murder’: Kennedy’s expanding record of “duplicity and mendacity”

Crimson Drips Over the White House

In Trump administration redirect, U.S. steers NIH sharply away from biodefense and pandemic preparedness

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Testosterone’s growing appeal to women: It anecdotally mildly improves sex life, but are there any other potential benefits—or red flags?

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Climate disruption alert: Global emissions hold steady while Trump’s America fuels more warming

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100% raw milk, 100% misguided: As MAHA-fueled demand for unpasteurized milk soars, American Academy of Pediatrics renews call for a ban on its sale and distribution

‘A new frontier’: Though scorned by RFK Jr., personalized mRNA vaccine offers hope for many suffering from melanoma skin cancer

A ‘shining success’ or ’empty promises’: Two years along, West Virginians assess MAHA’s food promises

Pennsylvania tells doctors to prepare for a surge in newborn measles cases—a complication unseen in decades

Climate disruption alert: Global emissions hold steady while Trump’s America fuels more warming

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

In Trump administration redirect, U.S. steers NIH sharply away from biodefense and pandemic preparedness

Guinea-Bissau halts widely condemned RFK Jr.-backed vaccine trial that would have withheld life-saving vaccines from thousands of newborns

‘Disillusioned’: Controversial RFK Jr. ally and MAHA leader Calley Means quits Trump advisory role

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s order halting transgender surgeries and hormone treatments for inmates

Viewpoint: The libertarian case for getting the government out of the business of regulating food choices

GLP Library Search

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Ag Biotech Comms

Ag Gene Editing

Agricultural Regs & Ethics

Alternative Proteins

Ancestry & Evolution

Newly approved GMO chestnut trees planted across from the White House are stirring debate

Newly approved GMO chestnut trees planted across from the White House are stirring debate

We are entering a new era of personalized medicine—if you’re white

Facts & Fallacies podcast: The ‘woke’ crusade against anthropology? Dr. Elizabeth Weiss

Artificial Intelligence

Viewpoint: Selective pronatalism: The radical “ethical” case challenging parents’ right to end a pregnancy when a fetus has a severe genetic disorder

Viewpoint: Selective pronatalism: The radical “ethical” case challenging parents’ right to end a pregnancy when a fetus has a severe genetic disorder

Challenging health misinformation? People are more likely to believe AI when it responds with empathy

Viewpoint: RFK Jr. touts AI to guide health care…but searches using the technology he champions expose him as scientifically illiterate

Brain / Neuroscience

Chemical Controversies

'Blatant slap in the face': MAHA activists turn on RFK Jr. and Trump administration

‘Blatant slap in the face’: MAHA activists turn on RFK Jr. and Trump administration

PFAS in Agriculture: Science, Uncertainty, and Risk Communication

GAHA: The corporate-created “healthier America” movement challenging what it claims is MAHA misinformation about modern farming, chemicals, and food

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

Science challenges anti-soda activists: No, sodas won’t make you fat

Viewpoint: The libertarian case for getting the government out of the business of regulating food choices

A ‘shining success’ or 'empty promises’: Two years along, West Virginians assess MAHA’s food promises

A ‘shining success’ or ’empty promises’: Two years along, West Virginians assess MAHA’s food promises

Pennsylvania tells doctors to prepare for a surge in newborn measles cases—a complication unseen in decades

Viewpoint: That’ll be $300: The wellness industry’s junk science scam to ‘fix’ your immune system that isn’t broken

Human Gene Editing

Medical Misinformation

Medical Regs & Ethics

Personalized Medicine

Synthetic Biology

Sustainability & Climate

Viewpoint: Latest attack on renewable energy and farmers, new USDA rules could put solar grants out of reach for small producers

Viewpoint: Latest attack on renewable energy and farmers, new USDA rules could put solar grants out of reach for small producers

Viewpoint: ‘Bureaucratic and economic obstacles’ to agricultural biotechnology: Europe creeps into the 21st century, but blocks remain

Rural revival or corporate windfall? Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill tax law opens the door to big breaks for data centers—but tech giants aren’t cashing in