Category: Health And Wellness
Can you trust what’s on the medicine label?
Just weeks after he took office, the newly appointed U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., […]
February 16, 2026
Can robot therapists really help you sort out your problems?
Young people are turning to AI-based chatbots for immediate and inconspicuous support for mental health challenges. But its use for therapy is fraught with ethical […]
February 2, 2026
Decoder Replay: Why welcome a poke in the arm?
Anti-vaxxers see a dark conspiracy around vaccines. But the reality is that for millions of people globally, vaccines are the […]
January 28, 2026
Cuts to U.S. health aid jeopardizes a global success story
Months after U.S. President Donald Trump suddenly cut U.S. international assistance for the prevention and treatment of AIDS and the […]
January 26, 2026
The danger of overdoing over-the-counter medicine
In 2023, David Mitchener, 89, was admitted to a hospital in Surrey, England where he died. His death was attributed, […]
January 19, 2026
Tanzanian parents struggle with misconceptions of autism
The nurse hands the newborn child to his mother, Jamila, who smiles down at him, mesmerized by the tiny being […]
January 9, 2026
Should schools provide more than an education?
Ashley teaches Spanish at a public high school in the U.S. state of New Jersey that has a large percentage […]
January 6, 2026
What’s not part of university requirements? Eating.
University systems have long been promoted as the most reliable path to upward mobility and economic security. Yet for a […]
December 29, 2025
What happens when people lose access to birth control?
Abandonment of U.S. financial support for contraception around the world has disrupted the ecosystem that fostered birth control, family planning […]
December 22, 2025