Weed Shouldn’t Be Banned for Elite Athletes, Some Experts Say
The disqualification of a leading U.S. Olympics candidate has brought the World Anti-Doping Agency’s marijuana prohibition under fire -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Trans and Queer People in India Should Demand Better Health Care
The country’s gender and sexual minorities are in urgent need of a supportive public health system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why the NFL Embraced the Racism of ‘Race Norming’
A statistical manipulation that underpaid Black players in concussion settlements exemplifies American football’s immersion in the legacy of slavery -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Health Care System Is Shortchanging Non-English Speakers
We need to revamp our policies and procedures to guarantee they'll receive language-appropriate materials and care -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Transgender Patients Deserve Better Medical Care
We must train providers to understand their unique needs in order to deliver affirming, compassionate treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why Anti-Trans Laws Are Anti-Science
Bills that restrict access to gender-affirming health care ignore research -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Mobile Clinics Can Help Reduce Health Inequity
They worked to bring COVID vaccines to communities of color; they could fill other health care needs as well -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Some Medical Examiners Say Sickle Cell Trait Causes Sudden Death. They’re Wrong
The genetic factor that contributed most to the deaths of 47 Black men in police custody was the color of their skin, not the contents of their red blood cells -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Supreme Court Upholds the Affordable Care Act–Again
By a vote of 7-2, the court declined to overturn the landmark health care law for the third time -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Tool Doctors Use Every Day Can Perpetuate Medical Racism
It’s called the “history of present illness,” or HPI, and it often includes a patient’s race—which is more likely to detract from care than to improve it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Biomedical Research Falls Short at Factoring in Sex and Gender
Despite policies that endorse more inclusiveness, incentives work against including female subjects in experiments -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We’re Overlooking a Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisis
Pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers have been part of the problem—but so have policy makers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Divisive COVID ‘Lab Leak’ Debate Prompts Dire Warnings from Researchers
Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic — and fuel online bullying, some scientists say -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Modi Is Worsening the Suffering from India’s Pandemic
An authoritarian apparatus is being turned on wider society with lethal consequences -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In Shocking Move, U.S. Backs Waiving Patents on COVID Vaccines
The development from the Biden administration draws cheers from public health researchers and ire from drugmakers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID’s Outsized Impact on Asian Americans Is Being Ignored
Along with Pacific Islanders, they suffer from disproportionately high death rates and hospitalizations and low testing—but their suffering remains invisible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com