Fact and Fiction
The fragility of public trust and the challenge of communicating science in an age of misinformation
- Fall/Winter 2025
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Fall 2025 December 2025Pediatricians Adapt to Changing Attitudes Toward Vaccines
In a new era of parental vaccine hesitancy, how can physicians rebuild trust?
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Fall 2025 November 2025Confronting a Rising Tide of Cancer Misinformation
As patients take to social media for medical advice, doctors’ empathy and trust-building skills are more important than ever, says oncologist Samyukta Mullangi
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Fall 2025 December 2025Is There a Crisis of Trust in Science and Medicine?
Surveys of shifting U.S. attitudes reveal concerning trends — and some surprises
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Fall 2025 November 2025Functional Neurological Disorder, Reframed
Science sheds new light on a disorder that medicine forgot
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Fall 2025 December 2025Doctors Find Their Voices as Authors of Children’s Books
Four alumni share how storytelling can open young readers’ eyes to the possibilities of science
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Fall 2025 December 2025Facing Funding Cuts, MD-PhD Students Write Home
Students from Texas and Iowa penned op-eds in hometown papers to spread awareness about threats to scientific research
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Fall 2025 December 2025Making Digital Tools and Technologies Accessible to All
Accessibility is both a health issue and a human right, says Lawrence Weru, MSc ’23
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Fall 2025 November 2025Constance Chu’s Joint Ventures
Through both research and clinical practice, this orthopedic surgeon works to preserve and promote knee joint health
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Fall 2025 December 20255 Questions With a Health Economist
A conversation with Leila Agha, an associate professor of health care policy in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS
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Fall 2025 December 2025The Surprising Demographics of Physician Mortality
Women outlive men — but not in medicine
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Fall 2025 December 2025Memories of Countway Library
Alumni share recollections as the medical library turns 60
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Fall 2025 October 2025Harnessing Hypoxia
Chronic, continuous oxygen deprivation shows promise as a treatment for disease
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Fall 2025 September 2025Early-Career Scientists Face an Uncertain Future
Federal funding cuts for scientific and medical research are forcing graduate students and postdocs to rethink long-held career plans
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