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December 10, 2008 5:11 PM |

Psychological Tests for Bioagent Researchers?

by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

Should academics who work on dangerous pathogens be required to undergo periodic psychological evaluations to ensure that they are not mentally imbalanced as U.S. Army researcher Bruce Ivins appears to...

December 10, 2008 5:06 PM |

U.S. Residents Keep Out

by Martin Enserink

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—Most scientific meetings don't need bouncers. But a Novartis stand at the annual gathering of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene had two guards—just to keep...

December 10, 2008 1:29 PM |

FDA Mooooves Away From Ban on Livestock Antibiotics

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has quietly dropped plans to halt the use of certain long-term antibiotics in animals that end up...

December 8, 2008 2:13 PM |

NIH: We're Conflict Averse

by Lila Guterman

Worried that the U.S. Congress will force its hand because of public concern, the National Institutes of Health is moving to change its rules on financial conflicts of interest for...

December 4, 2008 5:46 PM |

Med Centers to Reveal Drug Payment$

by Jocelyn Kaiser

Amid growing concerns about hefty payments that some doctors receive from industry, The Cleveland Clinic plans to post this income in a public database, the New York Times reported yesterday....

December 4, 2008 5:35 PM |

Clues on Obama's Stem Cell Plans?

by Constance Holden

Now it's coming from the horse's mouth. The Center for American Progress, headed by John Podesta, who is also running Barack Obama’s transition team, has spelled out on its Web...

December 3, 2008 3:11 PM |

Stem Cell Therapy, Buyer Beware

by Constance Holden

Worried about quack treatments with stem cells? Take a look at the website of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. It posted a set of guidelines and tips today—just...

December 2, 2008 1:40 PM |

An Academy Connection to China's Tainted Milk?

by Hao Xin

The recent tainted baby formula scandal in China has focused public attention on the high-tech adulteration of milk with the industrial chemical melamine (Science, 28 November, p. 310). The compound,...

November 25, 2008 2:16 PM |

On Weed, U.K. Government Ignores Scientific Advice

by Sara Coehlo

Today, the U.K. Parliament's House of Lords approved the government's proposal to reclassify cannabis as a dangerous Class B drug, along with amphetamines and speed, against the recommendations of its...

November 24, 2008 4:50 PM |

Lyme Disease: Taking Shots at Shots

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel

Congress is wading into the murky question of whether people with Lyme disease should get long-term antibiotics or whether the drugs harm more than help. That issue, which has been...

November 21, 2008 6:06 PM |

The Senator's New Target: a Former NIMH Director

by Jocelyn Kaiser

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has landed another big name in his probe of financial conflicts of interest in science. Today the New York Times reports on Grassley's investigation of psychiatrist...