How to reboot the global food economy
Five ways to reboot the global food economy to make it healthier for all
Corinna Hawkes, City, University of London
COVID-19 has shown how damaging ill-health...
Alzheimer’s research benefits a wide range of genetic studies
Alzheimer’s disease is partly genetic − studying the genes that delay decline in some may lead to treatments for all
Steven DeKosky, University of Florida
Diseases that run...
Decades into diabetes research, insulin therapy still hard to manage
Israel Hodish, University of Michigan
So, your doctor told you that you need insulin therapy for your Type 2 diabetes.
This is a common problem and...
Some cancers are preventable with a vaccine – a virologist explains
Ronald C. Desrosiers, University of Miami
One-fifth. Nearly 20% of cancers worldwide are caused by a virus.
These viruses don’t cause cancer until long after they...
FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Using Breath Samples
US Food and Drug Administration
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first COVID-19 diagnostic test that...
The science of infectious aerosols
Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here's the science of infectious aerosols
Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder
During the 1970s when I...
Giving pregnant women antibiotics could harm the lungs of preemies
Kent Willis, University of Tennessee
Born after just 23 of the normal 40 weeks of pregnancy, the extremely preterm baby is small enough to fit...
Kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2
A nutritional epidemiologist explains why kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2.
Lisa Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
I remember a decade ago...
Rural Americans struggle for health care access
Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University
Living in rural America certainly comes with a number of benefits. There is less crime, access to the outdoors,...
Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson...
Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? A virologist answers 5 questions
Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
For people...
