Andrew Stokes, Boston University; Dielle Lundberg, Boston University; Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, University of Minnesota, and Yea-Hung Chen, University of California, San Francisco Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, a recurring topic of debate has been whether official COVID-19 death statistics…
Michael Baker, University of Otago; David Durrheim, University of Newcastle; Li Yang HSU, National University of Singapore, and Nick Wilson, University of Otago Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of…
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Mark R. O’Brian, University at Buffalo Media outlets have reported the encouraging…
Chengsheng Wu, University of California, San Diego; David Cheresh, University of California,…
Loai Albarqouni, Bond University and Ray Moynihan, Bond University Access to quality health care is a fundamental human right. Yet more than half the world’s population can’t obtain even the most essential…
Andrea Sturchio, Karolinska Institutet; Kariem Ezzat, Karolinska Institutet, and Samir EL Andaloussi, Karolinska Institutet In 1906, Alois Alzheimer, a psychiatrist and neuroanatomist, reported “a peculiar severe disease process of the cerebral cortex”…
Aidan Burn, Tufts University Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues…
Satdarshan Monga, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences The liver is known for its ability to regenerate. It can completely regrow itself even after two-thirds of its mass has been surgically removed. But…
Joel Best, University of Delaware Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk about rumors of contaminated Halloween treats. That’s because I track media coverage of…
Brett Robertson, University of South Carolina Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., tore part of the roof off a hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida, and flooded…
Jolanta Burke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences For many of us, some personality traits stay the same throughout our lives while others change only gradually. However, evidence shows that significant…
Rachel A. Davis, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Imagine growing up tormented by fears and life-consuming rituals that make no sense to you or those around you. Then imagine the shame…
Sue Anne Bell, University of Michigan As mandatory evacuations for Hurricane Ian began in Florida and the warnings about damaging wind and flooding intensified, I called my aging parents to check in.…
Ronald C. Desrosiers, University of Miami Antiretroviral therapy has had an enormous impact on treating HIV infections around the world. The millions of people currently taking these treatments under medical supervision can…
