National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F....
‘School choice’ supporters want public money up front but they don’t want accountability later
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today March 9, 2025
It is becoming crystal clear that proponents of school choice — sending public funds to private...
To Patients, Parents, and Caregivers, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Are a Personal Affront
Bernard J. Wolfson March 6, 2025
TUSTIN, Calif. — Cynthia Williams is furious with U.S. House Republicans willing to slash Medicaid, the government-run insurance program...
Take It, Make It
Saint Patrick’s Day
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Stop by the Museum of the Albemarle on Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and pick...
Concrete Poetry: Thomas Edison and the Almost-Built World
By Anthony Acciavatti
Historians often speak of “contingency”, by which they mean something like “things could have been otherwise”. But is this even true? It can...
Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and...
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh
Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue...
A Critical Deficit
Flawed thinking can lead us into a lifetime of pointless arguments and bad decisions. Fixing the problem won't be easy — but we know...
Medicaid Advocates Say Critics Use Loaded Terms To Gain Edge in Congressional Debate
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
March 7, 2025
In Washington’s debate over enacting steep funding cuts to Medicaid, words are a central battleground.
Many Republican lawmakers and...
Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread
Amy Maxmen
February 21, 2025
Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched,...
