The Hill

Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind

President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. Since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by former ...
The American Prospect

OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout

A perennial characteristic of Silicon Valley startup companies is that they lose a lot of money, at least at first. That’s what happened to Amazon, Uber, YouTube, etc. But to my knowledge, no tech ...
Ars Technica

Cache poisoning vulnerabilities found in 2 DNS resolving apps

The makers of BIND, the Internet’s most widely used software for resolving domain names, are warning of two vulnerabilities that allow attackers to poison entire caches of results and send users to ...
The New York Times

Part Enabler, Part Buffer: The Bind of the Justice Dept.’s No. 2

Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, has helped usher in President Trump’s retribution campaign. But he faces anger on the right for resisting some of the most extreme measures. Todd Blanche, ...
C&EN

RNA Binding Mechanism of the FUS Zinc Finger in Concert with Its Flanking Intrinsically Disordered Region

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The zinc finger (ZnF) motif is one of the most common nucleic acid binding motifs in ...
The Boston Globe

In GOP-led states like New Hampshire, communities feel the fallout of staying silent on Trump’s funding cuts

WASHINGTON — When schools across the country got word last month that the Trump administration was withholding billions of dollars in congressionally approved funds for public education, there was a ...
Human Rights Watch

ILO: Adopt Binding Treaty to Protect ‘Gig’ Workers

(Geneva) – Governments and employers’ representatives at the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference should agree to a new treaty to protect “gig” workers, 33 civil society groups, trade ...
Science Daily

A new take on the abilities of hydrogen binding energy for use in single atom catalysts

Conventional thinking holds that the metal site in single atom catalysts (SACs) has been a limiting factor to the continued improvement of the design and, therefore, the continued improvement of the ...
Medscape

Hospitalists in a Bind When Cancer Prognosis Hasn’t Sunk In

When a patient with cancer is admitted to the hospital, the reason might not be related to the malignancy. But the hospitalist in charge sometimes becomes aware of a major disconnect: The patient, who ...
The New York Times

Jordan’s King Faces a Bind as He Meets With Trump

King Abdullah II, a close U.S. ally dependent on aid from Washington, is confronting the president’s demands that he take in Palestinians from Gaza, a step the king’s domestic politics will not allow.
STAT

The mutations likely developed post-infection, the agency said

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...