What was the co-founder of Rational Vaccines thinking when he injected eight patients with a live herpes virus formulated as a vaccine at the Holiday Inn? What was previously a sordid tale, lurches towards the criminal.  
 

A new role for chemotherapy is emerging – and it's not a good one. It's thought that the same drugs used to treat cancer patients may also lead to sepsis with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, resulting in infections that may be lethal.

By encouraging her students to do incomplete research on a scientific topic and to lobby politicians for political change, a teacher of 3rd Grade is showing kids how to be environmental activists. What a shame.

In March of 2016, a game called "Tom Clancy's The Division" was released. Unlike other "shooter" games such as "Destiny" and "Call of Duty", "The Division" has a compelling science story.(1) And the plot began on "Black Friday", the busiest shopping day of the year.

The "all-natural" food craze has extended to pets, with some companies making raw meat products for dogs and cats. Recent research makes us question the wisdom of such a practice, since some raw cat foods are contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. That, of course, could spread to pet owners.
 

Unauthorized touching has been in the news quite a bit. But many of us engage in a different form when we disobey the "Do Not Touch" signs at the museum. 
 

CO2 emissions have replaced food resources for the Neo Malthusians who are calling for immediate action before the cataclysm. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jacob Thompson, a 9-year-old suffering from cancer, whose request to help him celebrate his last Christmas went viral – and was met with a global outpouring of love – has died. His death was due to neuroblastoma. What exactly is it?

Uh oh. Winter is coming (sorry, Game of Thrones fans) and a little monster is getting ready to sweep through homes, schools, hospitals and nursing homes. The monster is norovirus aka the "stomach flu" and it's coming to get you. It can so easily since it's the most contagious virus of all. Anything to prevent it? Let's ask the "experts."

That a person with such a hostile view toward industry-funded science serves on the editorial board of a major scientific journal is disturbing. That she possesses no academic qualifications to justify her position as "senior editor" is a scandal.