This Type Of Disaster Could Be The Most Dangerous Of All — And It’s A Mystery
Shortly after entering the field of public health in the early 1970s, Stephen Lester learned there was one thing he should steer clear of studying: how exposure to multiple chemicals at once might be devastating human health. It was nearly impossible to secure government grant money for mixture studies, due to monumental hurdles in interpreting […]
Opinion | ‘Believe in Your Data and Question Conventional Wisdom’: What We Heard This Week
“Two lessons: believe in your data and question conventional wisdom.” — Stephen Hauser, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, discussing his book, The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries. “You don’t always think a chip can be dangerous.” — Scott Krakower, DO, of Northwell Health in New York, about the ‘One Chip Challenge’ […]
Opinion | Upending the Notion of What It Looks Like to Be Suicidal
The death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss in December hit the entertainment world and many in the medical and Black communities like a thunderbolt. It is seemingly unfathomable how someone with so much love, light, and promise who exuded happiness could end his life at just 40 years old, in a hotel room just a 14-minute […]
Opinion | Tony Fauci’s True Legacy
This month brings the end to the remarkable federal tenure of Anthony Stephen Fauci, MD. Tony, as we’ve all come to know him, is one of our nation’s most accomplished physician scientists. His 54 years as a clinician and scientist at the NIH was marked by an extraordinary research career coupled with leadership positions in […]
Opinion | Tony Fauci’s True Legacy
This month brings the end to the remarkable federal tenure of Anthony Stephen Fauci, MD. Tony, as we’ve all come to know him, is one of our nation’s most accomplished physician scientists. His 54 years as a clinician and scientist at the NIH was marked by an extraordinary research career coupled with leadership positions in […]
‘Ellen’ Producer Urges tWitch, Crew Not To ‘Keep In The Pain’ In Show’s Last Day Vid
A video showing an executive producer of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” urging DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss and staffers to take care of their mental health appeared on Instagram Wednesday. (Watch the video below.) The clip from May of this year is intended to encourage others who may be troubled to seek help in the wake […]