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Study finds FDA mifepristone decisions largely followed scientific advice — Static01.nyt.com

Study finds FDA mifepristone decisions largely followed scientific advice

A study led by experts at Johns Hopkins and published in JAMA found that the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions about the abortion pill mifepristone from 2011 to 2023 almost always followed evidence-based recommendations from the agency’s scientists. The researchers obtained 264 documents totaling 5,239 pages through

Caltech names astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as its next president — Static01.nyt.com

Caltech names astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as its next president

The California Institute of Technology has named Ray Jayawardhana, an astrophysicist and the provost of Johns Hopkins University, as its next president. Dr. Jayawardhana, 54, is scheduled to start in July and will succeed Thomas F. Rosenbaum, who led the school for 12 years. Caltech leaders cited Dr. Jayawardhana’s