2018 was bonkers for science. From a woman who gave birth using a transplanted uterus, to the infamous CRISPR baby scandal, to forensics adopting consumer-based genealogy test kits to track down criminals, last year was a factory churning out scientific “whoa” stories with consequences for years to come. With CRISPR still in the headlines, Britain… Read More »
290 Comments By Peter B. Bach Jan. 17, 2019 7:23 p.m. ET Photo: Peter Morgan/Associated Press Ten states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use, and another eight look likely to do so in 2019. I favor the move but am troubled by the gateway to it: All these jurisdictions first passed… Read More »
Training the Health Care Leaders of Tomorrow Our students and residents learn how to deliver excellent and compassionate health care in challenging and supportive programs. Graduates will be prepared to take their education and experience into the real world. Nationally ranking among the top schools for graduate education since 1996, students in the School of… Read More »
When an elderly Lakota woman limped into the medical tent, one foot sporting a painful burn, Linda Black Elk knew just the herb that would help. She began boiling yarrow, a plant that blossoms golden yellow and has been prized for its healing properties for centuries. Though she had applied the remedy countless times, Black… Read More »