

Lynne Peeples is a Seattle-based author, journalist, and keynote speaker who specializes in medicine, public health, and the environment.
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Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?
More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.
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Dim days, bright nights: a hidden cruelty of Ice detention
Tens of thousands of people held across the US amid Trump’s immigration crackdown could face an insidious hazard: broken internal clocks
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On autism and vaccines, there are lies, damned lies and statistics
During an interview in late April with Dr. Phil, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated his appeal to parents on vaccine safety: “We live in a democracy, and part of the responsibility of being a parent is to do your own research.”
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Lessons from the COVID data wizards
Data dashboards have been an important part of pandemic response and planning. What have their developers learnt about communicating science in a crisis?
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Rethinking Herd Immunity
The global rise of “vaccine hesitancy” is changing the landscape of disease transmission
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