By Adam Vaughan Flooding in Carnlough in Northern Ireland on 20 December 2015PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images Coastal floods wrought by rising seas could affect tens of millions more people and cause trillions of dollars of harm by the end of the century if the world fails to prevent the worst-case climate change scenario, according…
By Jonathan O’Callaghan The sun and Mercury (not to scale)Panther Media GmbH / Alamy Mercury’s surface may be covered in a very thin, baked crust created by the extreme heat from the planet’s proximity to the sun. Like Earth’s moon, Mercury’s surface lacks a substantial atmosphere, meaning impacts should break down its surface into a…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to