Donald Trump ‘committed to NATO’, says May in US visit
Donald Trump is “100 percent behind” NATO, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has said, after becoming the first foreign leader to meet the US president since he was sworn in a week ago. In a joint press conference after a White House meeting on Friday, May said that during their talks Trump gave strong backing […]
Babies Cured Of Leukemia Using Genetically Modified T Cells
In a medical first, doctors at London’s Great Ormond Street hospital believe they cured two babies of leukemia using genetically engineered immune cells. Unlike previous attempts at this treatment, the cells used on these children originally derived from a donor’s blood, not their own. The T cells were then genetically manipulated to help them better […]
Miami-Dade mayor orders jails to comply with Trump crackdown on ‘sanctuary’ counties
Fearing a loss of millions of dollars for defying immigration authorities, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Thursday ordered county jails to comply with federal immigration detention requests — effectively gutting the county’s position as a “sanctuary” for immigrants in the country illegally. Gimenez cited an executive order signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump that…
Obama Condemns ‘Repeal and Replace’
Repealing Obamacare without a replacement is “reckless” and “irresponsible,” and would leave the country “with more uninsured and uncompensated care than when we started,” writes former President Barack Obama. In the commentary published Jan. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine, one week after the inauguration of Donald Trump, Obama makes good on the […]
US Scientists Taking Up Unusual Role as Protesters
A Facebook group promoting a Washington “March for Science” has drawn more than 600,000 followers in just a few days. Researchers are increasingly stepping into the uncomfortable roles of advocates as early actions from the Trump administration set off alarm bells in the scientific community. “This is first time in my career I’ve seen scientists […]
Trump Executive Order Could Block 500,000 Legal U.S. Residents From Returning to America From Trips
When details leaked earlier this week about a spate of immigration-related executive orders from President Donald Trump, much public discussion focused on a 30-day ban on new visas for citizens from seven “terror-prone” countries. But the order signed this afternoon by Trump is actually more severe, increasing the ban to 90 days.