As eventful as 2024 has been regarding the law and bioethics of scientific matters, 2025 promises to be even more “exciting,” ...

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This week, despite the holiday cheer, I have been drawn to true crime – perhaps to avoid navigating the politics of family ...

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Jay Bhattacharya's recent history is a cautionary tale of how ideology and misinformation can undermine public health. His ...

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Could your trusty black spatula be trying to poison you, as some alarmist headlines fueled by a lawsuit and some dodgy ...

As global life expectancy rises, so too does the number of years people spend burdened by chronic disease. Modern medicine ...

The latest CDC and FDA data shows that youth e-cigarette use (vaping) continues to decline. Oddly, leading anti-nicotine ...

Does fructose, one of today's boogeymen, cause cancer? According to a fascinating paper in Nature, it does so in cultured ...

The science community is in an uproar over the probability that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will head the Department of Health ...