The Power of Local Celebrities in the Fight against Vaccine Hesitancy
They can play a key role in the fight against misinformation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
What Fighting COVID and Fighting Drug Addiction Have in Common
In both cases, harm reduction is a better strategy than draconian rules that feel virtuous but don't actually work -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How End-of-Life Doulas Help Ease the Final Transition
We are your personal advocate, cheerleader, companion, guide, ear, rock -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Vaccine Rollout Is Changing How We Think about Prescription Meds
A new survey reveals that, for the first time, many Americans see pharmaceutical companies as brand names, just like Nike or Amazon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Each of Us Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic
Cooperative Extension programs have a long history of teaching readiness and survival skills—and with more funding, they could help us get ready for future outbreaks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Forgotten History of the World’s First Trans Clinic
The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
It’s Time to Reevaluate How We Talk about COVID Risk
It exists on a spectrum, and pretending activities are either deadly or risk-free helps no one -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Religion Both Helped and Hurt during the Pandemic
It was good, on balance, for people’s mental health—but not so good for physical health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Pandemic Doesn’t Mean We Have to Choose between Physical and Mental Health
For much of the past year, many people have felt that they were being forced to pick one or the other -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Debunk Misinformation about COVID, Vaccines and Masks
We each have more power to be a science communicator than we realize -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Best Medicine Doesn’t Always Come in a Bottle
A program called Wheels of Change pays unsheltered people to pick up trash or otherwise help clean up their community—and it can turn their lives around -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Learned the Wrong Lessons from the Tuskegee “Experiment”
It’s understandable that Black Americans are wary of vaccines, but that despicable episode involved the withholding of treatment, whereas vaccines actively prevent disease -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Loneliness Is a Public Health Problem: This Low-Tech Intervention Can Help
Phone calls may be integral to connecting with people who are lonely and isolated -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Search for a Cause of Transness Is Misguided
It can be well-intentioned, but it’s a dangerous path that leaves little room for a real understanding of gender and gender identity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
So, What Can People Actually Do after Being Vaccinated?
It’s complicated; not even the experts agree -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In Obesity Research, Fatphobia Is Always the X Factor
Contrary to what you’ve undoubtedly been told, you can be fat and fit at the same time -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com