Undark is a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. It is published with generous funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, through its Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• The Private Market Is No Place for COVID-19 Countermeasures The US will stop funding vaccines but says it wants equitable access. That’s not possible in a predatory system.
  Undark, October 2022
• Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron Feminists have generated a set of tools to make science less biased and more robust. Why don't more scientists use it?
  Undark, September 2022
• Access to New Cancer Treatment Is a Hurdle for Rural Americans A potentially toxic immune response to the treatment limits its availability to major transplant hospitals.
  Undark, August 2022
• The Monkeypox Epidemic Is Unusual: Here's How I Know An epidemiologist explains why the virus isn't an STI — and what really counts as "close contact."
  Undark, August 2022
• The Hidden Dangers of Pathologizing Grief Prolonged grief has officially been recognized as a mental health disorder. The decision could do more harm than good.
  Undark, July 2022
• How Abortion Rules Affect Prenatal Genetic Screening For families learning their child will be born with a debilitating condition, new legal issues create additional trauma.
  Undark, July 2022
• COVID: Biosafety Legislation Gets Political COVID-19 has polarized conversations about lab safety.
  Undark, June 2022
• We Must End Attacks on Hospitals in Conflict Zones International laws meant to shield hospitals and health workers from belligerents are rarely, if ever, enforced.
  Undark, June 2022
• In a Rush to Supply PPE, US Importers Were Scammed for Millions A coalition of US businesses is working to reclaim an estimated $100 million lost to fraudsters in the country's mad dash for supplies.
  Undark, June 2022
• Under Climate Change, Care Workers Often Act as First Responders Care workers are increasingly serving as first responders, keeping their clients alive during dangerous situations as climate change causes extreme heat and disasters become more frequent.
  Undark, June 2022

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