--- description: Bajaj is a student at Harvard University studying history of science and chemistry, as well as a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. An award-winning journalist, he has previously written for The Guardian, Washington Post, Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Simar Bajaj ## Simar Bajaj Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Bajaj is a student at Harvard University studying history of science and chemistry, as well as a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. An award-winning journalist, he has previously written for The Guardian, Washington Post, Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine. ## Simar Bajaj Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 19, 2024 ### [It's Time to Start Taking Mpox and Bird Flu Seriously](https://time.com/7012269/take-mpox-bird-flu-seriously-essay/) "In the U.S., ignorance is bliss, with public health leaders rolling the dice that this too shall pa... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 8, 2023 ### [Ozempic Can't Fix America's Obesity Crisis](https://time.com/6332910/ozempic-americas-obesity-crisis/) We must resist seeing Ozempic, Wegovy, and other drugs as a panacea to America's obesity crisis. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 28, 2022 ### [Living with Urostomy or Radical Cystectomy](https://time.com/6201683/urostomy-radical-cystectomy-bladder-cancer/) These procedures can be life-saving, but the road to recovery is often long. [HEALTH](/section/health/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/simar-bajaj/","name":"Simar Bajaj"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/simar-bajaj/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/simar-bajaj/"},"name":"Simar Bajaj","jobTitle":"","description":"Bajaj is a student at Harvard University studying history of science and chemistry, as well as a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. An award-winning journalist, he has previously written for The Guardian, Washington Post, Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine.","url":"https://time.com/author/simar-bajaj/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```