Policy & Ethics

As I’ve written recently, a spate of devices enabling people with quadriplegia to move their extremities have been approved by the 

What should social media companies do to stem the spread of “misinformation” on their platforms?

Cameron English’s article on declining trust in federal public health agencies noted that the gene

GWAS and Polygenic Risk Scores (PGS)

Americans aren't all that eager to get COVID shots—at least that's the impression reporters gave us for months.

Nearly three years ago I wrote how the science behind US opioid policies was deeply fla

Mountaintops have been pushed into neighboring valleys; rivers have been made unswimmable and unfishable to get at the coal seams beneath. The fallout from coal-fired power plants has made other lakes and ponds lifeless.

Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released Data Brief: Opioid‐​Related Overdose Deaths Among Massachusetts

72 percent of Americans believe that federal public health institutions play a pivotal role in the nation's health care system, though fewer than 40 percent of people trust these agencies to fulfill that obligation.

When we look back on the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll be forced to address a number of vexing questions.