Stories by Michael Halpern

Michael Halpern works for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Follow Michael Halpern on Twitter halpsci

On Coronavirus, Bypass the White House and Turn to the Experts

Every presidential “press conference” broadcast live weakens our collective ability to deal with COVID-19

We need to hear about the risks directly from the experts, not through the filter of politicians

One year ago there were a dozen known cases of children with a mutation on the SCN8A gene; now, there are more than 90