www.science.org/content/article/nihs-brain-initiative-puts-dollar500-million-creating-detailed-ever-human-brain-atlas The Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, the 9-year-old, multibillion-dollar US neuroscience effort, has announced its most ambitious challenge yet: compiling the world’s most comprehensive map of cells in the human brain. Scientists say the BRAIN Initiative...

The Biden administration extended the Covid-19 pandemic’s status as a public health emergency for another 90 days, preserving measures such as expanded Medicaid and higher payments to hospitals. The decision follows comments President Joe Biden made in September describing...