Stories by Tanya Lewis

Opioid overdoses have fallen since their pandemic peak, according to new data from the past few months

Project 2025 would jeopardize federal scientists’ independence and undermine their influence

Political violence has a different effect on people today than it did in the past because of social media and extreme partisanship

A combination of human behavior and immunity, the environment, and SARS-CoV-2 itself explains why the virus surges during both hotter and colder months

A Supreme Court decision allows emergency abortion care despite a state ban in Idaho while the case works its way through lower courts

“It would be foolish to declare victory” for abortion rights, one expert says of the recent Supreme Court challenge to medication abortion access

Attacks on Anthony Fauci over guidance on masking and social distancing issued during the COVID pandemic ignore the science on viral spread

Three U.S. dairy workers have been infected with H5N1 after contact with sick cows, and all of them developed eye symptoms

Author and science journalist Deborah Blum describes how an Indiana chemist kicked off the first major food regulation in the U.S.

Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease.

A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease became the second person ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and the first person to receive a heart pump and a transplanted organ together

Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.

The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting more people.

Two people have tested positive for avian influenza after being exposed to cows thought to be infected with the virus

A quick nap can boost your memory, your mood and even your creativity

A heart valve transplant could save the life of a baby—or two

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.

Epigenetics research reveals how famines can cause health problems later in life—and how those changes might be passed down to future generations.

Nose-plus-throat swabbing for COVID could increase test accuracy—but could create problems, too

A noninvasive test for genetic material could predict embryo quality in IVF.

Researchers calculated the number of pregnancies resulting from rape in states where abortion was banned throughout pregnancy after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision

When symptoms start, COVID tests may say you’re not infected when you really are.

You have a “better chance of becoming Spider-Man” than being harmed by DNA from COVID vaccines

The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol without suffering the painful effects.