Science and Technology

HIV knows no borders, and the Trump administration’s new strategy leave Americans vulnerable – an HIV-prevention expert explains

Providing supplies of HIV medications does not ensure they will get into the hands of those who need them most.

Robin Lin Miller warns that the Trump administration’s America First Global Health Strategy undermines decades of progress against HIV by cutting PEPFAR funding and excluding vulnerable groups. The shift to faith-based and limited maternal programs risks millions of lives worldwide – and threatens U.S. health and security in a globalized world.

Human ancestors were exposed to lead millions of years ago, and it shaped our evolution

A 2 million-year-old tooth of an early human ancestor. Fiorenza and Joannes-Boyau

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. But our new study, published today in Science Advances, reveals something far more surprising: our ancestors were exposed to lead for millions of years, and it may have helped shape the evolution of the human brain.