By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
The Catholic Church opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia, but it also doesn’t support treatments that prolong suffering in the face of unavoidable death.
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By Karina Garcia, Researcher and Lecturer in Climate, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir to funnel in more water, but hundreds of homes stand in the way.
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By David Garofalo, Professor of Physics, Kennesaw State University
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
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By Nancy Dreschel, Associate Teaching Professor of Small Animal Science, Penn State
While you might not like how your trash smells, to your dog it is an appealing buffet brimming with apple cores, banana peels, meat scraps and stale bread.
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By Ron Barrett, Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
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By Peter Kasson, Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
The measles outbreak that began in west Texas in late January 2025 continues to grow, with 400 confirmed cases in Texas and more than 50 in New Mexico and Oklahoma as of March 28.
Public health experts believe the numbers are much higher, however, and some worry about a bigger…
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By Simon F. Haeder, Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vision for US health policy prioritizes deregulation and leaves Americans with fewer benefits, services and protections.
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By Jennifer Selin, Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
A federal appeals court on March 26, 2025, upheld a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants, including alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
The…
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By Rochelle Walensky, Bayer Fellow in Health and Biotech, American Academy in Berlin, Senior Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School
Nicole McCann, PhD Candidate in Health Services and Policy Research, Boston University
Americans are increasingly waiting weeks or even months to get an appointment to see a health care specialist.
This delay comes at a time when the population of aging adults is rising dramatically. By 2050, the number of adults over 85 is expected to triple, which will intensify the strain on an already stretched health care system. We wrote…
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By Olamide Samuel, Track II Diplomat and Expert in Nuclear Politics, University of Leicester
At a time of heightened geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, intensified by strategic dynamics involving the US, Nato and Russia over Europe’s security, nuclear weapons are back on the agenda.
In recent times, Russia…
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