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Governor Newsom Unveils California Institute for Immunology & Immunotherapy: A Revolutionary Leap in Science and Medicine

Governor Newsom Unveils California Institute for Immunology & Immunotherapy: A Revolutionary Leap in Science and Medicine

The Institute will unite California's medical research assets to foster inter-institutional dream teams, promote health, and cultivate a thriving biotech ecosystem.

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Maryn McKenna's Award-Winning Reporting on Infectious Diseases and Global Health

Maryn McKenna's Award-Winning Reporting on Infectious Diseases and Global Health

McKenna is being honored for her reporting and writing on infectious diseases and global health and was selected from an extraordinarily competitive field of nominees.

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Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize

Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize

Los Angeles— Maryn McKenna (@marynmck), senior writer at WIRED and a widely published journalist and author specializing in public health, global health, and food policy, has been selected to receive the 2023 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting.

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Breakthrough Discoveries  in Human Immunology – Michelson Philanthropies and Science/AAAS Award Transformative Research 

Breakthrough Discoveries  in Human Immunology – Michelson Philanthropies and Science/AAAS Award Transformative Research 

Michelson Philanthropies and AAAS/Science announce the recipients of the 2023 Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology.

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Celebrating Science Journalism at the Science Writers 2022 Conference in Memphis

Celebrating Science Journalism at the Science Writers 2022 Conference in Memphis

Michelson Philanthropies attended the Science Writers conference in Memphis, Tennessee, and honored two journalists for winning a prestigious medical science reporting award.

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The Most Read Stories of 2021: Looking Back on a Year Filled with Challenges and Hope

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