
Meet the Advocates and Researchers Revolutionizing Sickle Cell Care
These sickle cell researchers and advocates are driving change from labs to global stages, transforming lives in the process.

Meet the Advocates and Researchers Revolutionizing Sickle Cell Care
These sickle cell researchers and advocates are driving change from labs to global stages, transforming lives in the process.

New Sickle Cell Treatments Reach Patients after Years of Effort
The FDA recently approved three sickle cell drugs, and dozens more are in development


Researchers Seek New Solutions to Ease Sickle Cell’s Extreme Pain
Sickle cell disease causes severe pain that’s hard to treat, but researchers are finding new ways to offer relief

The Devil in the Details, Chapter One: The Doctor Who Said No to Thalidomide
Starting with her rejection of an FDA application for thalidomide in 1960, physician and pharmacist Frances Oldham Kelsey took a stand against the now infamous drug

Doctors Should Offer ‘Social Prescribing’ to Patients
“Prescribing” community resources and activities, like art classes and cycling groups, can improve our health and our health care

The Vice Presidential Candidates Have Sharply Contrasting Positions on Health Care
As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue

Here Are the Five Health and Wellness Tools Everyone Needs Now
Prevention is key to health and wellness. Don’t wait too late to have these simple, essential medical devices on hand

Colds Bring Lots of Snot—But Just How Much? Science Is Strangely Silent
Snot is one of the immune system’s efforts to ditch a virus, but how much we produce when sick is a slippery subject

Baby Boomers Should Stand Up for New York City’s Congestion Pricing Plan
By canceling congestion pricing for drivers in New York City, the governor of New York State will hurt many retirees, who need the mass transport investments the move promised

Self-Managed Abortions Have Increased Since Fall of ‘Roe’
Privacy concerns were one of the most common reasons for seeking a self-managed abortion, a recent study found

What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science
As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say

The Biden-Trump Debate’s Biggest Health Claims Fact-Checked
This year’s first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump featured clashes over insulin costs, inflation, abortion, immigration, and January 6