Alicia Ault is a writer at Medscape and Smithsonian. She covers a diverse range of topics including health, science, medicine, and culture, with a particular focus on public health, healthcare administration, and consumer health. Alicia's work has been featured in OBR, Smithsonian Magazine, Knowledia, RamaOnHealthcare, Medscape, and MDEdge.
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Alicia Ault March 24, 2026 Nursing homes are inappropriately diagnosing residents with schizophrenia and prescribing antipsychotic
Alicia Ault May 01, 2026 The first psychedelic-based treatments for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could be
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By: Alicia Ault
The past, present and future of the giant bovine are front and center in a new exhibition as the country approaches its 250th birthday
Alicia Ault is an independent journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Medscape Medical News, WebMD and Wired. She splits her time between St. Petersburg, Florida, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, exploring the rich variety of food, music, art and culture on offer in those cities.
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By: Alicia Ault
Alicia Ault July 06, 2026 A new philanthropic effort — backed by money from some of the biggest names in AI — is taking aim at eliminating respiratory viruses, starting with the common cold and influenza
The $500 million seed fund will support universal antiviral platforms and air cleaning technologies.
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By: Alicia Ault
Bernardo de Gálvez indirectly contributed to the Continental Army's victory at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. A rare painting of him is now on view at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
Alicia Ault July 13, 2026 The FDA has granted breakthrough status to enpatoran, an oral selective toll-like receptor 7/8 inhibitor, for cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE).
A faster review means there may soon be a novel therapy for the skin manifestations of lupus for the first time in a half-century.
