The puzzle of marijuana's Schedule I status invites a reconsideration of the agency's vast discretion to decide which substances should be prohibited.
The Extra Life author on past scientific breakthroughs, COVID-19 vaccines, and renewing trust and confidence in public health agencies.
The flawed documents seem destined to be part of life long after the reason for their existence is gone.
Technological breakthroughs mean we'll never again have to suffer with disasters like the novel coronavirus—if politicians will get out of the way.
"I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough."
Months into the pandemic, we’re finally getting a real debate over the right way to fight the virus.
Most foreign countries refuse to pay for plasma because of outmoded guidance from the World Health Organization, so much of the world relies on the U.S.'s paid plasma donors.
People like the convenience of digital transactions, but they rely on the anonymity and reliability of physical money.
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Our secret weapon against COVID-19 could be cold, hard cash.
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Wet markets should be made safer, not driven underground.
"The thread caused some concern & we would like to clarify."
Trump isn't absolved of his own failures in confronting the pandemic, but the WHO's response to the coronavirus destroyed much of its credibility and damaged the field of public health.
The WHO arguably failed at its most basic mission of stopping the spread of a global pandemic, but it's still willing to hector people about their drinking habits.
"We have deep concerns whether America's generosity has been put to the best use possible."
They ignored early warning signs and pretended that everything would be OK.
DIY manufacturers scramble to reduce shortages, as public health officials send mixed messages about the efficacy of broader use.
The biotech entrepreneur and Silicon Valley visionary wants mandatory quarantines and a "digital Dunkirk" rescue operation.
Efforts to control the flow of information fail, but they muddle the quality of what people share in defiance of the censors.
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Why should an international panel of experts get to decide if you will be allowed to gene-edit your kids?
I was a gay teen in the 1980s, hiding from a terrifying world in an arcade. The WHO's push to uniquely pathologize gaming won't help people like me.
The United Nations' public health agency achieves consensus through mass detentions and media censorship.
WHO's proposal that countries enact steep fees globally is wrong and unjustified.
Absurdly precautionary International Agency for Research on Cancer admits it was wrong
Roundup "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans"
World Health Organization is fighting to bar children from seeing smoking in films without a guardian. As far as Zika virus goes, there is plenty of international coordinating to do.
What happens when warnings about processed meat's cancer risk collides with California's absurd Prop 65 (over)warning law?
Meanwhile PETA offers you a free vegan starter kit and a vegan mentor
Bacon, ham, and sausage are especially hazardous (and tasty).