Trump signed an executive order banning federal funds for ‘gain of function’ research abroad The research alters viruses to increase transmissibility or severity in the name of preparedness Scientists ...

On May 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order with the seemingly benign title, “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research.” A more accurate title would have been, ...

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to restrict funding for gain-of-function research, which official documents deemed as “dangerous” and a potential harbinger of ...

Stanley is an associate professor and Richard and Rhoda Goldman distinguished chair in the biological sciences as well as faculty director for the Alliance for Global Health and Science at the ...

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing an executive order curtailing funding of "gain-of-function" research on pandemic pathogens, in what would seem to be an effort to prevent the next ...

Over years of genetic testing, a team of B.C. doctors has discovered a rare new disease in two teen brothers impacting their neurological development. Gain-of-function MARK4 is a change in MARK4 gene ...

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that bans federal funding for gain-of-function research that typically enhances pathogens. The order also ...

In the advent of President Donald Trump’s second term, four significant actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath took place in quick succession. First, the Department of Health and ...