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Join Cameron English, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Dr. Barbara Billauer as they examine marijuana's evolving legal status on Episode 63 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

During my years as an FDA official, I learned that there is a fundamental fact of life that underlies all drug testing and regulatory review: The data are seldom as complete and unequivocal as you might like.

When Dr.

Join our directors of bio-sciences, chemistry, and medicine Cameron English, Dr. Josh Bloom, and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein as they break down these stories on episode 23 of the Science Dispatch podcast.

After being obese for most of my life, I finally made the decision to get in shape in my early 20s.

COVID-19 vaccines are the miracle that has significantly suppressed the pandemic in a number of countries, including the United States, where the current seven-day moving averages of 

By Susan B. Goldhaber, M.P.H.

There are a plethora of drugs and vaccines in the pipeline to treat or prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. How many of them are likely to be successful?

The FDA met last week in the first hearing to decide the regulatory fate of the cannabinoid CBD; you know the marijuana component that has no or little psychoactive effect. At the most basic of levels, a drug is a chemical.

Bacteria come in two very broad categories based on the structure of their cell walls, the outer region that gives the cells shape and integrity.