We interviewed Mr. Clark, to discuss Genocea's progress on its herpes vaccine, GEN-003. His insight should answer some of the many questions that our readers have been asking us these last few months.

The latest advance in cancer treatment is the FDA's approval of Keytruda, a drug that targets cancer cells in a novel way. This marks a shift in how cancer is approached, while it turns the mere promise of new treatments into reality. This new genetic-based approach brings the future of personalized medicine into the present. 

Happy 80th Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge. Over the last eight decades, the iconic suspension bridge has become famous for more than just its engineering. Sadly, it's become a destination for those seeking to commit suicide.

“When patients enter a hospital," the author of a recent article writes, "they arrive with complex and dynamic microbial assemblages that will be shaped by the treatment they receive and by the interactions they have with staff and with the building itself." Just a few reasons why hospital-acquired infections are frequent and costly.

It's no exaggeration that the World Health Organization has helped saved hundreds of millions of lives. As such, something like a halo surrounds whatever it chooses to do. That said, the Washington Post reports that the WHO spent more on travel than on fighting AIDS, hepatitis, malaria, and tuberculosis – combined. Were these smart choices?

An important question is what type of exercise — aerobic, such as walking, swimming or bike riding; or resistance, such as weight lifting — would help the older obese person who's looking to lose weight? The answer is both, particularly when done in tandem.

With the word "cure" we think of it as an end. But, in fact, it's often the end – of a beginning. For those surgically “cured” from cancer, enduring amputation from sepsis or receiving a transplanted organ, the story — though different and uncharted — begins anew.

Whole Foods lies 9 different times, and that is just on the landing page of its Organics section. 

Drug companies buy their ingredients and make their drugs outside the United States. That's one reason why Stephen Barrett, MD, makes an argument for also buying them outside the country.

Several years ago, a survey of professional toxicologists revealed that 79% of them believed that the Environmental Working Group and two other organizations overstate the health risks of chemicals. That's why EWG is beloved by activists but detested by scientists.