Doctors See Chinks in Vaccination Armor
As parents opt out of getting shots for their children, diseases such as whooping cough and measles make a comeback when ‘herd immunity’ crumbles.
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Medical Community Confronts Vaccine Fears
Despite reassuring studies, doctors still find themselves facing parents’ concerns over routine shots.
You Have to Get Braces? Cool.
The dental devices are lighter, more comfortable, less expensive and less noticeable than before, with kids and adults alike willing (and sometimes eager) to get them.
An Enemy in the Cave
Bats under attack from a fungus send scientists searching for clues to solve a deadly mystery.
For Some it’s the Summer of Their Discontent
Though rare, summertime mood disorder ‘is very real,’ a researcher says. Heat, intense light and long days are considered partly to blame.
How Much Medical Testing is Too Much?
Recommendations for tests abound, but not all are necessary. Put some thought into what you subject yourself to and why.
A Graduation Gift from Dad
Several groups are testing ideas for an artificial pancreas to help Type 1 diabetics. For a Boston University engineer whose son is diabetic, progress is on a personal deadline.
After the Oil
A Brush with Cowboy Culture
Dead Whales Make for an Underwater Feast
When whales decay the seafloor, their enormous carcasses give life to mysterious worlds inhabited by an assortment of bizarre creatures.
About Me
I am spending the 2020-2021 academic year as a Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. From 2015 until August 2020, I was the founding managing editor of SAPIENS, an editorially independent online publication devoted to making anthropology accessible and relevant to the general public. Before that, I spent a decade as a freelance journalist covering health, neuroscience, energy, the environment, and everything in between. My work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Nature, Science, New Scientist, Audubon, and elsewhere.