Kamala Harris: “We cannot support and help our young people if we don’t also look at the context in which those young…

“Is public health becoming illiberal?,” asked Katelyn Jetelina last week. I assumed it would be a classic case of Betteridge’s Law &ndash…

In this final part, we meet the first of the scientists who are still living – and start to see the impact…

The 5 women in this second part bring us to people born in the 20th century. The 3-part series covers a small…

This 3-part series covers a small selection from the massive legacy of early Ukrainian women scientists’ science, initiative, and courage – 15…

This is the last post in a series highlighting outstanding women in vaccine science or immunology related to vaccine development in the…

This is the second post in a series highlighting outstanding women in vaccine science or immunology related to vaccine development in the…

Women scientists have had pivotal and leading roles in developing Covid vaccines and been celebrated for it – from Katalin Karikó’s role…

Have you noticed that you see so many pictures of people wearing face masks during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic, but you don’t…

The people who sign up for the first-in-human trials of Covid-19 vaccines are about to do our societies an extraordinary service. Most…

It was “a large, plain white building”, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “on the banks of the Seine, opposite the Rue des…

This Black History Month, I’ve dug into the origin stories of African-American STEM societies, and the amazing people who started…