Stories by Melinda Wenner Moyer

The U.N. has made improving maternal health a major goal for 2015, but progress has been slow despite good science on what makes motherhood safer

Why cholesterol drugs might affect memory

Our highly selective list includes Teflon, dropped calls and the space shuttle

Fairness can matter more to people than their own self-interest

A sense of right and wrong starts with innate brain circuitry

Sometimes we forget where a story really starts. Are electric cars new? Where did malaria start? Who invented spaghetti? Read on, for the surprising origins of many strange and familiar things

Biodiversity was the first step toward complex life

Swiss dairy farmers created an American institution

Packed living conditions made the influenza virus a leading public health threat

Happier people have more meaningful conversations

Proton-pump inhibitors such as Nexium, Prevacid and Protonix treat acid reflux, but their use as a preventative to bleeding can lead to problems

A new breed of vaccine is being developed that will make possible immunizations tailored to your genetic profile. But how long will it be until your personalized booster shots are ready?

Whether the new thinking will be reflected in this year's revision of the federal dietary guidelines remains unclear

New recommendations to expand statin use will save lives but also raise questions about aggressively treating the healthy