Undark is a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. It is published with generous funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, through its Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• Frustrated With Delays, Doctors Take Aim at Prior Authorization Physicians say the process to get approval from insurance companies before treating patients has gotten out of hand.
  Undark, May 2022
• It Took 35 Years to Get a Malaria Vaccine. Why? The parasite's complex biology played a role in the delay, but experts say there was also a lack of urgency and funding.
  Undark, May 2022
• To Prevent Future Variants, We Must Protect Those Most at Risk Protecting the immunocompromised is not only a matter of health equity, it’s critical to ending the pandemic.
  Undark, March 2022
• The Worrying Murkiness of Institutional Biosafety Committees Experts say IBCs are a crucial tool for ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque.
  Undark, March 2022
• Lacking Mental Health Support, First Responders Turn to Peers COVID-19 revealed a mental health crisis among healthcare workers. A peer support group in Colorado is trying to help.
  Undark, March 2022
• Book Excerpt: The Lockdown Diaries of Wuhan A delivery driver's social media posts highlight the daily struggles of those confined during the pandemic.
  Undark, March 2022
• Biden's Pandemic Testing Board Is Hard to Track Down In January 2021, the president created the Pandemic Testing Board. A year later, there's little sign of the initiative.
  Undark, February 2022
• Drug-Resistant Malaria Is Emerging in Africa. Is the World Ready? Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, it is hard to track the threat.
  Undark, January 2022
• Can an Equation to Help Determine Kidney Health Be Racist? A reckoning in medicine has upended the use of race in calculating kidney function, spurring institutional change.
  Undark, January 2022
• Interview: Zeynep Pamuk on the Case for Creating Science Courts A political scientist discusses the highly charged interplay between the worlds of science and politics.
  Undark, January 2022

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