NYU Chemistry Professor Fired After Students Said His Class Was Too Hard
"Students were misreading exam questions at an astonishing rate," says Maitland Jones Jr.
"Students were misreading exam questions at an astonishing rate," says Maitland Jones Jr.
Green activists have some good points. But the pursuit of a chemical-free world hurts vulnerable people the most.
The psychiatrist and Good Chemistry author has written the definitive account of "the science of connection from soul to psychedelics."
It’s a small step toward breaking down barriers between patients and innovative medicine.
"It was learning by doing," says one ambulance driver. "Most things that happen here are done by volunteers, not government officials."
The CDC, which issued disastrous pain treatment advice in 2016, is still pushing a narrative contradicted by recent data.
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe has made bad law and bad medicine
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One vaccination requires 100 pages of government paperwork to be processed before treatment.
The unanimous decision is a good first step for getting law enforcement out of prescription decisions.
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Paralyzing caution reveals the risks of vague anti-abortion legislation.
Foot-dragging and red tape by the CDC and the FDA have fueled an avoidable outbreak.
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Alabama's attorney general argues such medical transitioning is not rooted in America’s history and therefore not constitutionally protected.
The FDA could work with the Department of Justice to sue states over mifepristone bans. But should it?
The unanimous decision will rein in prosecutions that have long had a chilling effect on pain treatment.
But the Chinese government continues to stonewall independent investigations.
Doctors can’t help people in pain because of restrictive opioid policy.
How did something so at odds with reality persist for so long? And why is it finally crumbling?
The Supreme Court is considering what standard should apply to prescribers accused of violating the Controlled Substances Act.
Patients suffer when physicians who prescribe opioids in good faith can face decades in prison.
The bill is the latest sign of strange new respect for drugs that were once routinely depicted as menaces to body and soul.
Protectionist policies are why the U.S. has few physicians and high prices.
These orders aren’t about safety. They’re a complete rejection of the legitimacy of these procedures, and a denial of individual liberty.
The proposed guidelines emphasize the need for individualized treatment and collaboration with patients.
"A plague of this kind has been seen as a national security threat by right-wing and left-wing administrations for decades," Christakis says. "Yet I saw nothing to prepare us."
Phase 1 testing begins on new vaccine based on mRNA advances.
Researchers are making great progress overcoming the problems that have long plagued attempts at xenotransplantation.
The New York Times and The Washington Post shamed the recipient of a pig heart transplant for committing a crime 35 years ago.
Ronald Bailey and Jacob Sullum on the future of COVID-19, the politicization of science, the failure of mandates, and how to talk with anti-vaxxers.
Researchers are still uncertain about how severe the variant will be.
Federal regulators have permanently lifted a requirement that mifepristone be dispensed in person.
The TV personality's extensive history of promoting dubious nostrums suggests that he isn't.
The same agency that stymied COVID-19 testing is now dawdling over approving new antiviral pills.
Restrictions on pain medication have undermined patient care while making drug use more lethal.
The Hulu miniseries portrays opioid pain medication as unacceptably dangerous in nearly every context.
Misinformation and bad policy can only be defeated by robust, open debate in the public square.
The justices rejected a broad definition of "public nuisance" that would cover the manufacture of pain medication.
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Podcaster Joe Rogan took the drug after falling ill. Here's why it's not likely to help him.
Because the Supreme Court so far has not intervened, post-heartbeat abortions are now illegal in the Lone Star State.
The study highlights the dangers that government-encouraged "tapering" poses to patients on long-term opioid therapy.
Restricting access to pain medication drove nonmedical users toward black-market substitutes.
From SpaceX and Tesla to Uber and Lyft, many of the most successful companies thrived without the government's stamp of approval.
Science writer Steven Johnson, author of the new book Extra Life, on vaccines, medical breakthroughs, and life after Covid.
Medical breakthroughs mean we will never again suffer through diseases like the novel coronavirus—if politicians will get out of the way.