It’s rare that a scientific paper produces feelings of fear, revulsion, and fascination in equal measures - but just in time for spooky...

This is part one of a new series on developments in biomedical science. Each month we will be choosing and reviewing an example of a new...

Now that the world is officially in the midst of another public health emergency, this time prompted by an epidemic of clade 1b mpox  in...

As we expand the reach and scope of our blog, M&D co-founder S. Patrick Murphy will now be regularly contributing on issues related to...

Regardless of your profession, artificial intelligence will almost certainly impact the work you do in some way. While AI has provoked...

Paxlovid, the brand name for a combination therapy consisting of ritonavir and nirmatrelvir, is an oral antiviral medication available...

So far we have covered p-values and confidence intervals in our interpreting data series, two fundamental concepts essential to...

There’s been a lot of discussion in the media recently about the possibility of an avian flu outbreak in humans. This is a breakdown of...

Navjot Buttar is a practicing epidemiologist who is currently pursuing a DrPH at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health....

Note: This is the second post in a series on interpreting scientific data. The first post covers statistical significance and p-values....