Carolyn Barber
Carolyn Barber, M.D. has been an emergency department physician for 25 years. Author of the book Runaway Medicine: What You Don’t Know May Kill You, she has written extensively about various medical topics for national publications, including Fortune. Barber is co-founder of the California-based homeless work program Wheels of Change.

HealthA scientific breakthrough researchers call ‘magic’ could transform treatment for a leading cause of death
By Carolyn BarberJune 27, 2025

HealthAs RFK Jr. defends cuts to public health, experts warn of devastating effects that could haunt Americans for decades
By Carolyn BarberApril 13, 2025

By Carolyn BarberApril 1, 2025

Lifestyle‘Moon to Mars—That’s our outlook’: NASA astronaut Suni Williams on her hopes for the future
By Carolyn BarberMarch 18, 2025

HealthRFK Jr. touts vitamin A and cod liver oil as another death is reported in growing measles outbreak. Health experts warn the move is ‘misleading the public’
By Carolyn BarberMarch 6, 2025

HealthNew bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: ‘We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus’
By Carolyn BarberFebruary 8, 2025

HealthLargest-ever Ozempic and GLP-1 drug study finds they lower risk of 42 health conditions, including heart attacks and Alzheimer’s disease
By Carolyn BarberJanuary 20, 2025

By Carolyn BarberJanuary 9, 2025

HealthCalifornia declares a state of emergency as a new severe bird flu case was discovered. What it means for the rest of the country
By Carolyn BarberDecember 18, 2024

HealthCanadian teenager in critical condition with presumptive bird flu as U.S. official warns the virus ‘seems to be gearing up for wider impact’
By Carolyn BarberNovember 13, 2024

HealthBird flu begins its human spread, as health officials scramble to safeguard people and livestock
By Carolyn BarberNovember 8, 2024

CommentaryCOVID-19 raises the stakes for heart attacks, strokes, and even death long after infection, new study finds
By Carolyn BarberOctober 11, 2024
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