Epidemiologists have identified a set of measurable signals that historically precede major zoonotic spillover events. Several of them are currently elevated.
Viruses don't want anything, of course. But thinking about viral evolution as if they did — as entities with strategies and trade-offs — turns out to be one of the most productive frameworks in modern biology.
GLP-1 drugs are the most significant advance in obesity medicine in decades. They are also revealing how little we understood about obesity — and how much we still don't.
We have known for decades that Americans are not sleeping enough and that this is making us sicker, dumber, and more dangerous. We have done almost nothing about it.
Pharmaceutical companies paid $26 billion for their role in the opioid epidemic. Overdose deaths hit a new record the following year. What the settlements tell us about accountability in America.
Metabolic disease — obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver — now accounts for the majority of US healthcare spending. The dietary signals that predicted this have been visible for decades.