It is easy to promise readiness for the next disaster; it is much harder to maintain the political and public will to prepare ...

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Recent reorganizations and "reductions in force" at the FDA have damaged the very backbone of our public health system.

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A biotech startup announced in February that the FDA had certified its daily pill as having a “reasonable expectation of ...

Colorectal cancer, long associated with aging, is rising alarmingly in younger adults, especially those born in the 1980s.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I rarely see eye to eye, but I’ll grudgingly admit he’s not entirely wrong about food dyes, though ...

The Trump Administration has gutted many areas of healthcare funding and research, especially in infectious diseases. One ...

We’re often told to “follow the science” — a comforting phrase that suggests clarity, objectivity, and consensus. But in ...