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Inside the Medical Challenges of Presidential Health Care
Lauren J. Young, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.
Oct 10, 2025, 10:00 AM
Demetre Daskalakis on RFK, Jr., Vaccine Schedule Changes and CDC’s Future
Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.
Oct 1, 2025, 10:00 AM
Is Tylenol Safe for Children? What Research Shows About Acetaminophen
Tanya Lewis, Scientific American
President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen
Sep 30, 2025, 9:30 PM
Are We Alone? NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory Aims to Find Out
Nadia Drake, Lee Billings, Scientific American
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earth-like planets are common—if it can get off the ground
Sep 30, 2025, 2:30 PM
Endangered Sharks Caught in Rare Mating Ritual beneath the Waves
Rachel Feltman, Allison Parshall, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
The Food and Drug Administration plans to update the safety label for acetaminophen products, and the strongest storm on Earth this year struck several countries in East and Southeast Asia.
Sep 29, 2025, 10:00 AM
How Indigenous Storytelling Is Transforming RSV Care in Native Communities
Suzette Brewer, Scientific American
Abigail Echo-Hawk, a preeminent Native American public health expert, discusses RSV, “data genocide” and positive change driven by Indigenous storytelling
Sep 23, 2025, 1:00 PM
Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows
Allison Parshall, Scientific American
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin
Sep 22, 2025, 5:30 PM
How a Contentious CDC Vaccine Meeting Will Affect Public Health
Meghan Bartels, Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American
Three vaccines are on the agenda for this week’s meeting of ACIP, the CDC’s key advisory panel on immunization: the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine and COVID vaccines
Sep 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
Vaccines Are at Risk, Fired CDC Director Warns Senators
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
Former CDC chief Susan Monarez testified that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had demanded she rubber-stamp recommendations from his remade vaccine panel
Sep 17, 2025, 5:50 PM
Climate Change Fuels Record Summer Heat, Killing Thousands
Andrea Thompson, Scientific American
Climate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers, which were the three hottest on record
Sep 17, 2025, 4:00 AM
Forensic Expert Explains How 3D Laser Scanning Could Reconstruct the Charlie Kirk Shooting
Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American
Forensic scientist Michael Haag explains how laser scanners could be used to lock down the crime scenes where Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, letting investigators revisit angles, trajectories and vantage points long after the fact.
Sep 12, 2025, 1:00 PM
Magic Mushroom Edibles Found to Contain No Psilocybin
Allison Parshall, Scientific American
Researchers tested 12 “magic mushroom” edibles. None contained psilocybin, but most contained undisclosed ingredients, including synthetic drugs whose safety hasn’t been tested in humans
Sep 11, 2025, 3:00 PM
Autism Has No Single Cause, Research Shows
Allison Parshall, Scientific American
Scientists will not find a simple answer to how autism arises, despite Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s promise to announce its causes sometime this month. Here’s what makes the condition so staggeringly complex
Sep 10, 2025, 12:00 PM
A ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Goes Easy on the Food Industry
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
A childhood health report led by RFK, Jr., links poor diet, chemicals, inactivity and “overmedicalization” to worsening U.S. pediatric health
Sep 9, 2025, 6:00 PM
Trump’s Health Cuts Make States Struggle to Spot Disease Outbreaks
Charles Schmidt, Scientific American
AI now scans for bird flu and measles news, but public health officials say outbreaks can go undetected as the U.S. guts national and global tracking
Sep 9, 2025, 5:00 PM
U.S. ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Shield Is Short on Details—but Not on Cash
Ramin Skibba, Scientific American
A sweeping U.S. missile defense program comes with many risks, costs and uncertainties, analysts say
Sep 9, 2025, 1:00 PM
Inside the CDC’s Breakdown—Legal Battles, Staff Exodus and Public Health Concerns
Rachel Feltman, Lauren J. Young, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
With the CDC in disarray and its future uncertain, this episode explores what’s driving the exodus of agency staff and what this means for national health security.
Sep 5, 2025, 10:00 AM
EPA Fires 5 Employees Who Signed ‘Dissent’ Letter
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
The EPA fired five agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health, alongside four more served removal notices
Aug 31, 2025, 3:30 AM
20 Years after Hurricane Katrina, Major Forecasting Advances Could Erode
Andrea Thompson, Scientific American
Hurricane forecasts have made huge leaps since Katrina hit 20 year ago, but that progress is threatened by Trump administration cuts to research
Aug 29, 2025, 10:30 AM
The Science behind Hurricane Katrina: What Researchers Knew before the 2005 Disaster
Mark Fischetti, Andrea Thompson, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Jeffery DelViscio, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
Two decades after Katrina, we revisit the storm and discuss the evolution of hurricane preparedness since then.
Aug 29, 2025, 10:00 AM
Deep-Sea Nodules May Produce Oxygen—Raising Concerns over Ocean Mining
Rachel Feltman, Jeffery DelViscio, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
Deep-sea rocks packed with valuable metals may also be making oxygen in the deep, dark ocean—raising new questions about the cost of mining them.
Aug 27, 2025, 10:00 AM
U.S. Cuts Antarctica’s Only Research Icebreaker Ship under Trump Budget Squeeze
Douglas Fox, Scientific American
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
Aug 19, 2025, 3:00 PM
New Treatments Can Free Kids from the Deadly Threat of Peanut Allergy
Maryn McKenna, Scientific American
Remarkable new treatments can free millions of kids and adults from the deadly threat of peanut allergy, tackling one of our fastest-growing medical problems
Aug 19, 2025, 10:00 AM
Trump Cuts Could End U.S. Exploration of the Outer Solar System
Hannah Richter, Scientific American
The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years
Aug 14, 2025, 4:00 PM
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