Trump’s new women’s health plan puts NIH in focus

A new executive order would create a women’s health division at NIH and a White House task force. The move raises hopes, but key details about funding and impact are still unclear.
Nobel Win Spotlights How Light Helps Map Brain Circuits

A Nobel Prize for optogenetics is drawing attention to a tool that lets researchers switch nerve cells on and off with light, helping them study brain circuits linked to dementia and other neurologic disease.