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Birth Defects

Science

Where Science Enters the Courtroom, the Daubert Name Looms Large

Decades ago, two parents sued a drug company over their newborn’s deformity—and changed courtroom science forever.

Peter Andrey Smith Undark Feb 2020 30min Permalink

World Health

Life After Zika

A young Brazilian couple from “an impoverished northeastern city that’s been described as ground zero of the Zika epidemic” struggle to care for their daughter.

Alex Ronan New York Dec 2016 10min Permalink

Science

Camp Lejeune and the U.S. Military's Polluted Legacy

How the Pentagon makes “Koch Industries look like an organic farm” when it comes to toxic water contamination.

Alexander Nazaryan Newsweek Jul 2014 Permalink