Michael Morella

COVID showed us what we didn’t know. We must take those lessons and turn them into a strategy that prepares us for the next pandemic.There’s a three-pronged approach to do just that, which involves bolstering U.S. medical supplies and production, increasing communication and coordination between public health agencies and the health care sector, and enhancing infectious disease tracking to catch future threats at the biological level before they spread.First, we must strengthen our Strategic Nat…

Residents in the new U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak deal with a new reality: quiet streets and stressful times.

Four people received new leases on life via the transplant ‘chain’ at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Discover what it’s like to attend schools in Columbus, Cleveland and elsewhere in this Midwest state.

Complex surgeries and everyday procedures are commonplace at this award-winning New York City hospital.

Schools are looking for ways to boost recruitment and retention of underrepresented students and faculty.

Author Kevin Carey explains the coming breakdown of traditional higher education.

‘Science guy’ Bill Nye explains why the tale told by creationists is totally implausible.

During more than two decades of service in the U.S. Navy, Arizona Sen. John McCain spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before later being elected to Congress and becoming the Republican Party’s 2008 presidential nominee. His new book, “13 Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War,” written with former staff member Mark Salter, chronicles the lives of 11 men and two women who participated in major U.S. conflicts from the American Revolution to the Iraq War. McCain r…

Psychologist Daniel Goleman explores the importance of teaching lessons in social learning.

S. Robert Lichter, Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan Morris explore how TV comedians influence voters.

Professor Barbara Oakley says students shouldn’t be scared of math and science.

Jonathan Bush thinks the U.S. health care system is ripe for disruption.

As the first U.S. woman in space, Sally Ride paved a path to progress.

The Black Eyed Peas frontman says STEM education will get America’s schools back on track.

Jim Webb on the VA and Obama's Foreign Policy Failings | Politics | US News  U.S. News & World Report

Author Cass Sunstein looks at why conspiracy theories persist.

A Democrat and a Republican explain how they’ve stayed married despite political disagreements.

McKinsey & Co. looks at the future of the world’s largest democracy.

Stephen M. R. Covey talks about the impact of his father’s book 25 years later.