Year: 2023

Dr. Judith Herman, who helped launch the field of trauma studies, has returned to publishing after a long, mysterious ordeal. View original article Contributor: Ellen Barry

Research involving Danish babies has yielded a great deal about previously unknown viruses — and the best view yet of the makeup of the infant gut microbiome. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore

Under government pressure, Chinese scientists have retracted studies and withheld or deleted data. The censorship has stymied efforts to understand the virus. View original article Contributor: Mara Hvistendahl and Benjamin Mueller

Even as the nation’s drug crisis mounted, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine continued to accept funds from some members of the Sackler family, including those involved with Purdue Pharma. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone. They are appealing a lower court ruling that … Read more

Research shows good friendships are essential to health and well-being for seniors. View original article Contributor: Judith Graham