FDA Plans to Limit Covid Shots. Patients and Advocates See Risks.
The FDA will encourage new clinical trials on the widely used vaccines before approving them for children and healthy adults. The requirements could cost drugmakers tens of millions of dollars and are...
View ArticleFacing Cuts, a Grim Future for America’s HIV Response
In March, the Trump administration cut at least 230 HIV-specific grants and reduced the number of HIV branch offices overseen by the CDC. With a proposed budget that further reduces HHS spending,...
View ArticleWhen People Hear Voices, But Only When They Want To
Between 7 and 15 percent of the population occasionally hears voices, according to some studies — and about 75 percent of them live otherwise normal lives. An unusual collaboration between scientists...
View ArticleAmid Turbulence, the NIH’s Jay Bhattacharya Era Begins
Jay Bhattacharya, a prominent critic of the U.S. medical establishment, is now the director of the National Institutes of Health, the country’s premier biomedical research agency. What does he want...
View ArticleHow ‘The Dawn of Everything’ Speaks to the Current Moment
The bestselling 2021 book “The Dawn of Everything” set out to retell the story of human history, proposing that humans have always been driven to adopt different lifestyles and forms of social...
View Article‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Cites Nonexistent Studies
Last week, the Trump administration released its “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report, which HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500...
View ArticleBook Review: A Single Street as a Parable for Global Warming
In “The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue,” climate activist Mike Tidwell explores the myriad impacts — emotional, physical, spiritual — of the climate crisis on the people, and the trees, who inhabit his...
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