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.

• A Curious Union: Clorox, Cleveland Clinic, and the CDC Foundation Disinfecting surfaces does little to curb Covid's spread. So why are two big health nonprofits working with Clorox?
  Undark, July 2021
• Climate Change Could Fuel the Spread of a Flesh-Eating Parasite Scientists caution that as the planet warms, more Americans could be exposed to varieties of the Leishmania parasite.
  Undark, June 2021
• How Patent Extensions Keep Some Drug Costs High The Biden administration has a chance to help curb drug costs by naming a new patent office director, some experts say.
  Undark, June 2021
• A Teachers Union Shaped CDC School Guidance. Is That a Problem? The influence of the union has prompted debate over its role in scientific decision making.
  Undark, June 2021
• The COVID-19 Pseudoscience Suffocating Brazil How a cocktail of unproven drugs became Brazil's main COVID-19 strategy while cases and deaths soared.
  Undark, June 2021
• Revisiting the Pennsylvania 'She Doctor' Panic of 1869 When female students were allowed to attend a clinical lecture at Pennsylvania Hospital, chaos ensued among the men.
  Undark, June 2021
• 'Hidden Tongue-Ties' in Infants Have Scant Scientific Backing Some doctors blame common tongue anatomy for breastfeeding issues while the rate of corrective procedures is rising.
  Undark, May 2021
• Risk Expert Heidi J. Larson on Vaccine Hesitancy An expert in public attitudes toward vaccines discusses the varied reasons why some people remain ambivalent about them.
  Undark, May 2021
• Power Outages Are Increasing. Can Medical Equipment Users Adapt? Millions of Americans rely on electricity to power their medical equipment. What happens when the power goes out?
  Undark, May 2021
• America's Forgotten History of Supervised Opioid Injection Facilities that would allow people to openly use opioids are igniting controversy today, but were once widespread.
  Undark, April 2021

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