Moderna will soon begin the first-ever human clinical trials for a messenger RNA-based HIV vaccine, utilizing the same technology as…
I recently came across a tweet from high-profile psychedelics researcher Matthew Johnson that took my by surprise: “Nicotine,” Johnson wrote,…
More than 95,000 people died of overdose in the United States between January 2020 and January 2021, according to recently…
“You’re too well put together to be an addict.” I beamed at Jake’s comment, overwhelmed with relief. He squirmed as…
Despite 8 million annual smoking-related deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) seems to have decided that it doesn’t have to…
At least 1,921 Missourians died of opioid-involved overdose in 2020, an increase of almost 20 percent from the year before.…
On August 2, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that city police will no longer be able to arrest people who…
More than 75 percent of US physicians wrongly believe that nicotine directly contributes to the development of cancer and cardiovascular…
Since 2018, the World Hepatitis Alliance has promoted World Hepatitis Day—July 28—with the hashtag #FindingTheMissingMillions. A global advocacy and awareness…
One day last year, when I was working as a medical case manager at the Colorado Health Network, which operates…