You Can Still Catch the Bubonic Plague
Reading Time: 5 minutes The plague still lives in many animals deep in the woods. What if floods and fires drive these animals into your neck of the woods? It may already be happening.
The Coronavirus: A Grab Bag of Lesser-Known Facts
Reading Time: 6 minutes Information — interesting, useful, and sometimes critical — is not getting the publicity it deserves.
Hamburgers and Beyond: Climate Change and the Taste Test
Reading Time: 4 minutes Can a new range of plant-based burgers tempt skeptical meat-eaters?
Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is nine times more water in the air around us than in all the oceans combined. Technology is helping us harvest it.
Cities Are Blazing the Trail Toward Healthcare for All
Reading Time: 7 minutes Nearly every person in San Francisco has health insurance. Can the city’s program serve as a model for the rest of the country?
Will Congress Help Rape Victims Get Justice?
Reading Time: 8 minutes There is a recognized process for documenting the medical evidence of rape. When followed correctly, it often leads to a criminal conviction. Unfortunately not enough hospitals have nurses trained to do it. Will Congress act?
Want to Know What Foods Are Healthy for You? Just Ask Your Poop
Reading Time: 3 minutes Breakthrough analytical methods are proving how your microbiome — all the bacteria in your body — can hold the key to health and happiness.
Music Therapy Can Rewire a Broken Brain
Reading Time: 3 minutes When the brain is damaged, patients can regain speech and movement with the aid of Neurologic Music Therapy.
HIV — On the Rise in Eastern Europe and the Deep South
Reading Time: 2 minutes The head of the NIH claims an AIDS-free world is on the horizon. But administering drugs is the easy part — educating populations less so.
Battle Over Opioids: Surprising Push-Back, and Not From Dealers
Reading Time: 8 minutes If you thought tighter restrictions were helping to solve the opioid crisis, think again. Some patients, pain doctors, and groups are pushing back.