World Health Organization

Stigma factors into our perceptions of breastfeeding and formula, with serious consequences for infant health.

• By Emily Moon

A food oppression expert explains why America's formula problem can only get worse.

• By Emily Moon

The disease's presence in Mbandaka, population 1.2 million, is the first non-rural case in what appears to be a new epidemic of the notoriously contagious disease.

• By Jack Denton

A worker at an emergency cholera treatment center gets her shoes disinfected in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 18th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Monday's decision follows a move to ban glyphosate in Europe by 2022.

• By Emily Moon

A new analysis finds mixed evidence that salt is bad for you—and, more importantly, that the two sides in the debate aren't talking to each other.

• By Nathan Collins

With every outbreak, we must balance on the knife's edge between worrying too much and doing too little.

• By Kate Wheeling

The Zika virus outbreak in the Americas hits on the things that risk-perception researchers know worry people most. Will that be enough to overcome people's fears about genetically modified mosquitoes?

• By Francie Diep

Donald Trump’s comments about Hillary Clinton’s bathroom break during the latest presidential debate were ridiculous and offensive, but at least he’s bringing attention to ongoing gender inequities.

• By Marni Sommer

How a multi-disciplinary approach can reduce transmission and encourage patients to engage consistently in their treatment.

• By Merceditas S. Villanueva

People often take too long to believe common habits can pose danger.

• By Francie Diep

Hint: It's not because of science.

• By Jared Keller

A prestigious medical journal warns of the dangers climate change poses to public health in one of the most convincing and most frightening papers on the subject yet.

• By Brian Palmer

A new study indicates that people want fewer drug studies and more research on physical and psychological therapy.

• By Nathan Collins

It's not over just because there aren't any more new cases, a new study shows.

• By Nathan Collins

Caregiving has long been thought of as women's work—and thus unpaid.

• By Francie Diep

Hailed as the most compassionate way for the criminal justice system to deal with addicts, drug courts were designed to balance punishment with rehabilitation. But after 25 years, the verdict is in: Drug courts embolden judges to practice medicine without a license—and they put lives in danger.

• By Maia Szalavitz

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

A new focus on reproductive health services for adolescents and young men might be what it takes to get them to see a primary care physician more regularly—not to mention the other obvious benefits.

• By David L. Bell

A new report highlights low- and middle-income countries' need for basic hospital infrastructure and supplies.

• By Nathan Collins

Our current system is failing dramatically because altruism isn’t a sufficiently motivating force to give up an organ. We need to test incentives, to reward people who are willing to save the life of a stranger through donation.

• By Sally Satel

A new analysis of sugar-industry documents finds companies worked with U.S. government researchers to soften recommendations against eating too much sugar.

• By Francie Diep

It’s an outlandish idea, but until we take seriously the legitimate fears of a post-antibiotic world, outlandish ideas are all we have.

• By Manisha Juthani-Mehta