FDA

When I joined the FDA to be its “biotechnology czar” more than 40 years ago, genetic engineering was a new concept.

The crisis is long over, but if you were a young family with babies three years ago, scary memories of escalating health worries and retail stores bereft of infant formulas remain.

Over the course of my career as a science journalist I’ve learned an important but disheartening lesson: experts are allowed to mislead the public about certain health topics. One of the most egregious cases is nicotine vaping.

Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 101 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 95 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

When I first wrote Antibiotics – The Perfect Storm (2009-10), I described the various factors that went contributed to the conundrum that still confronts us today.

Join Cameron English, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Dr. Barbara Billauer on Episode 77 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss this landmark court case:

There have been at least 10 outbreaks of measles across twenty states already this year, an alarming and dramatic surge.