Best news of the week, so far, is word that comes via Twitter that key staff people at New Hampshire Public Radio have formed a union,...

It's not my habit to trash the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), our national gatekeeper when it comes to the safety and efficacy of...

Dear Mr. Schachter: I write respectfully, as a fan of public radio since my college radio days in the 1970s, as a loyal NHPR listener...

Thirty-six years ago this summer, I boarded a flight at National Airport in Washington, where the temperature was in the upper 90s, and...

One entered the city like a god . . . . . . one scuttles in now like a rat . . . . . . and in the future the rat will be fed the cheese...

Were you wondering how long Vertex has a monopoly on its ultra-expensive modulator drugs for CF patients? Here's your answer: A LONG...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a killjoy. By that I mean that Prescod-Weinstein, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the...

Cancer, to my great regret, is the topic of the week for me. On Monday, a dear friend called and breezily inquired about my well-being. ...

The latest data from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's national patient registry: If you divide 13 by 1303, the answer is 0.00997698 at...

Three images of their 1993 Latapie House in Floirac, France. Looks cool but also unpretentious! From 2015 forward, this prestigious...

I'm asking nicely: Please leave our food co-ops alone. That's my reaction to the story I just read in the Keene Sentinel, and to this...

Twenty-five years ago, I relocated from Portland, Maine to Sharon, Vermont. And one of the first things I noticed upon arrival in the...

Boy is this one going to get me in trouble. I am a 62-year-old vaccine freak. By that I mean: If the FDA approves a vaccine, I want it. ...

This is the latest data from the CF Foundation's national patient registry: As you can see, deaths have increased significantly over the...

Of all the unusual places I've ever been -- everything from a tin mine in Siberia to a spent nuclear fuel pool in Maine -- none is more...

Transparency is one of my obsessions, and as a CF dad I've long been proud of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for its national patient...

When people ask me what I think about retail competition in the electric industry, in light of New Hampshire's decision in 1996 to end...

Once upon a time -- i.e., before there were iPhones and an omnipresent internet -- I had a fabulous gig. I was working as a staff writer...

Here's the thing about me as an architecture enthusiast and occasional critic: I have no taste. Specifically, I have no training of...

At the risk of repeating myself in tiresome fashion: If any woman in medical history is entitled to posthumous recognition by the New...