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Stephen S. Hall

  1. covid-19
    What If They Make a Coronavirus Vaccine and Nobody Takes It?There are already clear signs that the public is suspicious about corners being cut.
  2. public health
    Who Thought Sucking on a Battery Was a Good Idea?Millions of Americans, some of them teens who never would’ve picked up a cigarette, are vaping. Last year’s panic might be the least of our worries.
  3. political science
    Trump’s EPA Is Risking the Health of a Generation of American ChildrenThere’s a debate on kids’ health happening at the agency — without the scientists.
  4. motherhood
    There Is Now Hope for Thousands of Women Who Were Told They Hit an IVF Dead EndFor decades, “abnormal” embryos were thrown away. Then some pioneering doctors — and patients — decided to use them anyway.
  5. the city
    The Day-Biting, Disease-Spreading Asian-Tiger Mosquito Is HereThis indiscriminate insect is out for your blood.
  6. the city
    The Day-Biting, Disease-Spreading Asian-Tiger Mosquito Is HereThis indiscriminate insect is out for your blood.
  7. the brain
    How One Brain Came Back From UnconsciousnessA car accident left 19-year-old Dylan Rizzo in a coma. This is the story of the long, perilous crawl to recovery.
  8. the brain
    How One Brain Came Back From UnconsciousnessA car accident left 19-year-old Dylan Rizzo in a coma. This is the story of the long, perilous crawl to recovery.
  9. How Much Does It Hurt?Zohydro is the new FDA-approved painkiller that some doctors think the FDA had no business approving. And in ERs across America, they’re anxious […]
  10. The Cost of LivingNew drugs could extend cancer patients’ lives—by days. At a cost of thousands and thousands of dollars. Prompting some doctors to refuse to use them.
  11. What to Know About the VaccineAttenuated versus inactivated? In the arm or up the nose? What’s an H1N1 virgin to do? Here are a few vaccine guidelines, based on suggestions f […]
  12. The 0.5 PandemicRelax. H1N1 is not going to be nearly as bad as you may have been led to believe…Unless …
  13. The Science of ShortnessParents need to grow up.