From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of progress.

President Donald J. Trump’s executive order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is drawing strong criticism from scientists who say the order gives the administration a way to discount scientific ...

We’re often told to “follow the science” — a comforting phrase that suggests clarity, objectivity, and consensus. But in today’s hyperpolarized world, even science itself has become a political ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Even in this starkly divided country, Americans can agree on one ...

Late last month, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a document detailing its vision for scientific integrity. Its nine tenets, first laid out in President Donald Trump’s ...

A new term keeps popping up in messages from Trump administration scientific agencies — a pledge to restore “gold-standard science.” Many scientists say the opposite is happening. The administration’s ...