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Health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel says you don’t have to be obsessed to live a healthy life. Wellness can, and should, be something you enjoy.
An ode to the data visualization tools that help us see what is too vast, complex, or interconnected for the naked eye — from planetary systems to pandemic trends.
In this excerpt from "The Formula for Better Health," Tom Frieden explores how Alice Hamilton transformed public health in her fight against lead poisoning.
In theory, scientists could've produced a deadly virus that accidentally infected lab workers. In practice, we know that didn't happen.
A new bill introduced into the US Senate claims to make us safer. Instead, it would destroy all virology research, and for no real cause.
We're all entitled to our own opinions, no matter how ill-informed they are. But facts are facts; we can't just choose the ones we prefer.
With a flurry of threats to scientists, science funding, and health policy, the USA now faces a crisis reminiscent of Soviet-era Lysenkoism.
Today's pseudoscience-ridden wellness industry owes a great debt to its forefathers.
Caitlin Rivers wants to tell the story of epidemiology and the public health heroes who keep the world safe and healthy.
A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling.
For a substantial part of human history, people thought smoking tobacco was perfectly healthy. Native American tribes, who introduced the tobacco plant to Europeans and — by extension, the rest […]
In 2021, residents of the top America could expect to live 20.4 years longer than residents of the bottom America.
The integration of artificial intelligence into public health could have revolutionary implications for the global south—if only it can get online.
They’re in our brains, hearts, and blood — but what are they doing to us?
Of the millions of substances people encounter daily, health researchers have focused on only a few hundred. Those in the emerging field of exposomics want to change that.
In partisan political times, recognizing the scientific truth is more important than ever. Scientists must be vocal and clear about reality.
Differences in certain avian and mammalian proteins explain why avian influenza doesn't (typically) infect humans.
Could exercise be more effective than recently approved drugs?
"Fasting...should not be demonized for simply suggesting that we take a break from eating once in a while."
Waistlines are expanding in most countries, except for a skinny list of nations bucking the trend.
SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.
The hangover "cures" on the market don't work. A new hydrogel does.
Cancers can’t develop without genetic mutations — or can they?
Poor research can be worse than no research at all.
More than 90% of sexually active men will be infected with human papillomavirus in their lifetime. The virus may reduce fertility.
The sober reality behind the effectiveness of two new drugs touted as Alzheimer's breakthroughs: lecanemab and donanemab.
Britain is profiling the genes, health and lifestyles of its citizens and handing the results to scientists across the world.
There is a cross-country correlation between democracy and health. Is there good evidence to suggest it is causal?
Western societies seem to be getting inflammation achingly wrong.
Could subfertility be an under-explored factor in autism risk?