Trump and RFK Jr: NIH medical research faces cuts, while ex-director works to restore trust

Trump and RFK Jr: NIH medical research faces cuts, while ex-director works to restore trust

Francis Collins has overseen some of the most revolutionary science of the last few decades. He led the Human Genome Project that sequenced the entire human genome by 2003, and then in 2009, he became director of the National Institutes of Health, where he served under three presidents and led the agency’s research on a … Read more

Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized nearly a week after experiencing ‘medical complication’

Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized nearly a week after experiencing ‘medical complication’

CNN  —  Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized in Georgia nearly a week after his daughter revealed the actor experienced a “medical complication,” a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN on Monday. His daughter Corinne Foxx shared on Instagram last week that her father had experienced a health-related incident last Tuesday, though she did not … Read more

Cancer deaths drop 33% since 1991: 4 million lives saved by medical win

Cancer deaths drop 33% since 1991: 4 million lives saved by medical win

On November 4, 2003, a doctor gave Jon Gluck some of the worst news imaginable: He had cancer — one that later tests would reveal as multiple myeloma, a severe blood and bone marrow cancer. Jon was told he might have as little as 18 months to live. He was 38, a thriving magazine editor … Read more