Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University ...

How do values shape the actions and agenda of public health science?   Anya and Salma begin their conversation by discussing how values are inherently embedded in every decision that scientists make, ...

To what extent is social media research independent from industry influence? Leveraging openly available data, we show that half of the research published in top journals has disclosable ties to indus...

The Department of the History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine (CMHSM), Johns Hopkins University, seeks applicants for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in…

The NC State University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) and Culture & Animals Foundation (CAF) are excited to offer the annual Tom Regan Visiting Research Fe

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.

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Cancer is a prime example of multilevel selection. At an organismal level, natural selection has led to the evolution of diverse tumor suppression mechanisms, while at a cellular level, it favors trai...

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This open access book offers new insights into issues raised in philosophy of mathematics and in philosophy of science by Imre Lakatos.

An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

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Evidence-Based Medicine Reconsidered April 5, 2025 @ 8:00 am - April 6, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT Senior Visiting Fellow Conference by Carl Hoefer The evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement be...

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