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January 2026

The Call I Didn’t Want to Take
I lost my dad to cigarettes. Then I took a call from the vape industry.
 • Jess Steier, DrPH
Bird Flu Is Evolving — Are Our Vaccines Keeping Up?
Why Scientists Are Working on a Nasal Spray Bird Flu Vaccine (and Why It Matters)
 • Chad Costley, MD, MBA
Four Cancer Myths That Keep Going Viral
They promise easy answers. The science doesn't back them up.
 • Paige Boklaschuk, Angel Zhou, MSc, Izzy Brandstetter Figueroa,MPH, and Jess Steier, DrPH
Do Pediatricians Make Large Profits From Vaccines?
We spent six months investigating (spoiler alert: no, they don’t)
 • Jess Steier, DrPH, David Higgins, MD, MPH, Elana Pearl BenJoseph, MD, MPH, and Jen Covich Bordenick
How Are Our Brains Handling This?
On nervous systems, fractured feeds, and checking on each other
 • Jess Steier, DrPH
That app scoring your groceries? We checked its homework.
Why a simple score can’t capture what’s actually good (or “bad”) for you
 • Veronica Jaramillo, Kelly Dobos, and Jess Steier, DrPH
Our Hands Are Gross. Here’s What to Do About It.
The science of soap, sanitizer, and staying well
 • Kelly Dobos and Jess Steier, DrPH
No, Measles Doesn’t Cure Cancer
But the real science of cancer-fighting viruses is way more interesting anyway
 • Aimee Pugh Bernard, PhD, Edward Nirenberg, Leigh Baxt, PhD, and Jess Steier, DrPH
The Mifepristone Double Standard
Penicillin and Viagra both carry higher risks. So what’s really going on?
 • Sarah Berg, MD and Jess Steier, DrPH
When the Sirens Ring (Ask Not For Whom)
On grief, mortality, and why this work matters
 • Jess Steier, DrPH
Flu antivirals: What to know and when to use them
Cutting through the noise
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