This week’s reading menu includes everything from the relics of microwave “technology” (the appliance that time forgot) to ...

Mark Hahn and I dove into a critical issue: the drug shortages caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Helene, in particular, ...

While medical headlines often focus on the biochemical underpinnings of disease, our body's biomechanics are equally crucial.

USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

Aquaculture, the golden child of industrial food production, promises to feed the masses while saving wild fish. While farmed ...

Sugar is America’s favorite carb and the sweetheart of federal subsidies. Uncle Sam has been feeding the sugar industry for over two centuries while we foot the bill, shelling out for a market ...

With the possibility of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. being involved in health policy in the next administration, vaccination – especially mRNA vaccines – will become a hot topic. Is there anything to fear ...

A JAMA study suggests that when doctors team up with Artificial Intelligence, they do indeed reach conclusions faster and, in some cases, even more accurately. But there's a catch: AI isn't exactly ...

Surrogates are effectively used in politics and pregnancy. In the former case, no one raises an eyebrow. When it comes to pregnancy, however, laws and societal views vary globally. These distinctions ...

Ah, post-election, where the real begins. This week, I’ve read on the hallowed (and heated) grounds of scientific 'neutrality,' checked out Julia Child's vintage gadget arsenal at the Smithsonian, ...

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