In this week’s PNAS, researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Toronto tackle a topic that is bound to spark controversy. I’ll let the title speak for itself: “Higher social class predicts ...

The editors of 16 international medical journals have retracted "unethical" research carried out by a German doctor on drugs known as colloids, which boost blood volume in patients having surgery.

Chinese scientists felt pressured to engage in unethical research practices out of fear of losing their jobs, a study found. The Chinese government’s 2015 “Double First-Class Scheme” called on ...

The National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research state the requirements to undertake research that is not only responsive but also responsible. Guidelines emphasise the need for ...

Some years ago, my West Virginia hunting and fishing buddy was invited to appear on a local television station high in the mountains with an animal rights activist, a young vegan mother who brought ...

While tales of the research were told by some elders, the tribe did not have a detailed account of what happened until 2018, when former Indian Health Service research director William Freeman brought ...

(CNN) — The National Institutes of Health said Friday that it is stopping its research of what’s commonly known as Havana syndrome, a mysterious illness experienced by a number of spies, soldiers and ...

As readers of this blog know, in my book Anatomy of an Epidemic, I investigated what science has to say about how psychiatric medications shape the long-term outcomes of major mental disorders, and it ...

Questionable herpes vaccine research backed by tech heavyweight Peter Thiel may have jeopardized $15 million in federal research funding to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. That’s ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The editors of 16 international medical journals have retracted "unethical" research carried out by a German doctor on drugs known as colloids, which boost blood volume in patients ...

Every time Kevin DuPuis steps foot in the rugged red pine forest just west of Cloquet, Minn., he's reminded of the painful truth that this slice of land within the borders of the Fond du Lac ...