This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The connections between environmental change and disease transmission are not always obvious. And while individual interventions – like restoring species — may be effective in restoring environmental and human health,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Is there a right to health care? Our arguments about health policy frequently highlight the question. The liberals at Slate magazine have answered yes, and the conservatives at the American…
Wrestling icon and actor John Cena has joined forces with Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates for a good cause: Rotary, the global network working to end…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. West Virginia has the highest overdose death rate in the country. Locals are fighting to save their neighbors—and their towns—from destruction. Michael Barrett and Jenna Mulligan, emergency paramedics in Berkeley…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Substance use disorders (SUDs) affect over 20 million Americans from all walks of life. An SUD, also known as substance abuse or addiction, is defined as continued use of drugs or alcohol…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Aaron Green (as I shall call him) is a forty-six-year-old psychoanalyst who practices in Manhattan, in the East Nineties. He has seven patients in analysis, who come four or five…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Complications like shoulder dystocia are rare in obstetrics. Even when they occur, mothers and babies are overwhelmingly likely to do well. This sounds like a blessing, but it actually has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Parents of autistic children who have read my recent article on suramin are asking me when the next clinical trial will begin, and how their children can apply to get…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research and innovation are essential for improving people’s health and saving lives. Vaccines prevent devastating infections and illnesses, drugs help manage and treat disease, and diagnostic tools, medical devices, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “They’re never going to cure diabetes because there’s too much money in it.” I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 40 years ago, and I can’t tell you how many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. accines save millions of lives each year and are among the most cost-effective health interventions ever developed. Immunization has led to the eradication of smallpox, a 74 percent reduction in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Malaria occurs in nearly 100 countries worldwide. According to the 2013 World Malaria Report, there were more than 200 million malaria cases in 2012. An estimated 627,000 people died from…