Public Health & Epidemiology

First, recognize that our genes make us worrywarts.

The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans' telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?

Spoiler: Most people actually approved of their government's approach.

Jonathan Berman wants us to have better dialogues.

My grandfather used to keep all sorts of things in the trunk of his car: Fishing gear, duct tape, aluminum foil, a large chain, a defused WWII hand grenade. When we asked why he squirreled away such a random assortment of items, he would shrug and say, "Just in case." That, in a nutshell, is why we should never destroy the smallpox virus. Just in case we need it someday.

Most Americans don't think twice about workplace safety. Perhaps they should. In newly updated numbers for 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 4,628 Americans met their demise while on the job.

What the average person in the Westernized world considers to be a big problem is rarely aligned with reality.