Barbara Pfeffer Billauer

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  • Jun 19, 2025
    Think today's latest chemical scare accounts for the onslaught of children’s diseases? Think again. America has been swimming in synthetic soup since long before Earth Day was born...
  • Jun 16, 2025
    Public health is worsening, autism rates are rising — and so are incident conspiracy theories, including claims that the root of the autism evil is vaccines. As the CDC reopens the...
  • May 22, 2025
    She never earned a PhD—but she earned a Nobel Prize. Born shortly after World War I, Gertrude Elion revolutionized modern medicine with the invention of lifesaving drugs, from...
  • May 19, 2025
    Once upon a pandemic, Ivermectin was the controversial darling of DIY medicine—hailed as a miracle by some, horse-dewormer by others. Now, in the name of “medical...
  • May 12, 2025
    We expected miracles; what we got was a legal minefield. As GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic reshape bodies and bottom lines, a growing swarm of lawsuits threatens to upend the...
  • May 9, 2025
    We expected miracles; what we got was a legal minefield. As GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic reshape bodies and bottom lines, a growing swarm of lawsuits threatens to upend the...
  • Apr 4, 2025
    What happens when a teenager’s identity collides with a courtroom gavel? In the United States, gender-affirming care for minors has become the ultimate battleground where medical...
  • Mar 20, 2025
    Elon Musk’s Neuralink may be the latest headline-grabber, but brain-to-computer interface (BCI) technology has been advancing for decades. Initially developed for therapeutic use,...
  • Mar 3, 2025
    When I was growing up, menstruation was called “the curse.” It was a curse – once used to enslave women, including barring co-educational pursuits. It took the medical research...