Stories by Christine Gorman

If the administration bans words and phrases like "evidence-based," public-health recommendations to health care providers will become so vague as to be useless

Mass distribution of medications, international partnerships and targeted research are on track to eradicate sleeping sickness, Guinea worm and other ancient ailments

The victor’s opinions about 20 subjects, from climate change to public health 

Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan receives the 2016 Nobel Prize for pioneering work on autophagy

Scientific American evaluates responses from Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein to 20 questions

Clinton, Trump and Stein answer 20 top questions about science, engineering, technology, health and environmental issues

A powerful documentary chronicles the mysterious viruses, such as Ebola and Zika, that jump from animals to people—any one of which could one day cause the next great pandemic

The effort was supposed to prevent the spread of HIV—but it didn’t work, according to the most comprehensive study of the program

The greatest source of health, wealth and power in the 21st century is in danger of being crushed, according to Shawn Lawrence Otto

Women from six states develop tough-to-treat infections after traveling to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery

A new Danish study provides more data but does not resolve the question

Washington spent more than $1 billion telling people in 14 African countries not to have sex before they get married. It didn’t work

Recommendations from Scientific American

Allergies, false fears of weight gain and perhaps cost keep many children from enjoying the proved health benefits of almonds and other nuts 

After Shoemaker–Levy 9 wrecked havoc on the solar system’s largest planet in 1994, for a rare moment on Earth politics were not parochial, but astronomical. Its political and scientific legacy still shines today

Farmers may not be raising pigs with human organs anytime soon, but researchers are taking the first steps to making it possible 

Long-running gap may, however, be getting narrower

A Chinese herbal remedy and a drug made from soil bacteria lead three researchers to a share in the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Planetarium software, among other things, shows how ancient Egyptians planned to navigate the sky after death

Sleep enhances the performance of a number of the body's biological processes—from the brain to the immune system

Scientists try to understand why some patients get better and others don't