Biomedical Workforce Boost Expected in Biden STEM Talent Plan

A White House initiative to attract foreign STEM talent will likely address shortages in the biomedical research workforce but will have little impact on the growing drought of physicians in the U.S.

A series of policy actions from the Biden administration include adding nearly two dozen study fields to a student visa program that allows graduates to stay in the country for up to three years to complete optional practical training. A top official in the White House science office says biomedical research will see some impact, even as the fields of study targeted in the program are science, technology, ...