The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene
How a woman whose muscles disappeared discovered she shared a disease with a muscle-bound Olympic medalist.
If I Were the American Dictator
“The overall composition of Congress is not going to change much at all after the election. So, really, the only way to reboot America is to have a smart, benevolent dictator.”
The hunger president
As famine descends on a huge swath of the globe, the White House is rolling back aid, ramping up conflict, and risking more climate chaos.
US voters want government funding to go to healthcare, education, and fighting poverty
These poll results come as President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Package will be voted on tomorrow in the House.
Republicans on health care: Do vast harm
The message is clear: to Republicans, health care is a right only for the rich; the rest can suffer and die. The GOP Hippocratic oath is: Do vast harm.
4 not-so-easy ways to dismantle racism in the food system
Our food system is built on stolen land and exploited labor. Here’s what we can do to fix it.
McDonald’s Black History Month Gambit Can’t Obscure Its Inequitable Practices
McDonald’s can blow its sizeable PR budget trying to convince its customers otherwise, but its corporate actions speak for themselves.
‘We’ve let the worst happen’: Reflecting on 400,000 dead
Eight months later, with 300,000 additional American lives lost and the chaotic distribution of the vaccine underway, Caroline Chen, health care reporter, shares her thoughts on where we are and what happens next.
This scientist created a rapid test just weeks into the pandemic. Here’s why you...
Irene Bosch developed a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 test in early 2020. But she was stymied by an FDA process experts say made no sense.
Study finds connection between living near oil and gas development and childhood leukemia
Fracking and horizontal drilling have enabled oil and gas development to encroach more and more into places where people live.