Under the Trump administration, hospitals, medical schools, and academic research centers have faced an increasing wave of legal and regulatory challenges to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. What began as coordinated complaints to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights quickly expanded into a […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently removed boxed warnings for six menopausal hormone therapy treatments (MHTs), drugs that reduce the uncomfortable side effects of reduced estrogen levels. These are the FDA’s highest level of warnings that appear on drug packaging in bold print and warn users of serious […]

On January 13, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. These two cases challenged state laws that banned transgender girls and women from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams at public schools and colleges. In West Virginia v. B.P.J., 15-year-old Becky […]

Under the best case scenario, AI may present novel opportunities for disease surveillance, diagnostics, and drug-development, but relatively little attention has been paid to the emerging, cataclysmic public health crisis it will cause. The costs are mounting. The noise and air pollution caused by data centers, AI psychosis, and ChatGPT […]

In just one year, the number of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people held in detention as of mid-January. As anti-ICE protests across the country call attention to detainees, there is an increasing need to understand the questionable, […]