Stories by Christine Gorman

Why Censoring the CDC Could Kill You

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

Bill Gates Enthusiastic about Disease-Fighting Progress

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

What Salamanders Are Teaching Scientists about How to Regrow Tissue [Video]

How President-Elect Trump Views Science 

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

Medicine Nobel Recognizes “Self-Eating” Cells

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

Grading the Presidential Candidates on Science

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

What Do the Presidential Candidates Know about Science?

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

800 Viruses That Threaten the World [Video]

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 U.S. Blew $1.4 Billion on Abstinence Education in Africa

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 War on Science [Book Review]

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

When Tummy Tucks Go Bad

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

Life before the Silk Road: Gone but Not Forgotten [Video]

Could a Few Extra Pounds Help You Live Longer?

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

U.S. Anti-AIDS Abstinence Efforts in Africa Fail to Prevent HIV

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

Future of Medicine: How Doctors Boost the Immune System to Fight Cancer [Video]

Book Review: Snowball in a Blizzard

Recommendations from Scientific American

Should More Kids Eat Nuts?

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

The Comet That Battered Jupiter, and Shook Congress

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...

Tissue Mash-Up: a Q&A with Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte

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

Women Die Younger Than Men from HIV in U.S. [Infographic]

Long-running gap may, however, be getting narrower