An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
COVID-19: Five Years Later
Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded.
The Evermaskers
The isolation of people who take precautions against COVID has only gotten more intense.
The Most Important Ingredient in Chewing Gum
You’re essentially gnawing on plastic.
Texas Never Wanted RFK Jr.’s Unproven Measles Treatment
Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take up the offer.
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
RFK Jr. and the Pepperoni-Pizza Paradox
The case for a Department of Food
The Paradox of Hard Work
Why do people enjoy doing difficult things?
America Is Done Pretending About Meat
Plant-based eating has lost its appeal.
What It Really Means to ‘Give Infectious Disease a Break’
The Trump administration isn’t just dismantling protections against illnesses. It’s inviting them right in.
Dr. Oz Is Now the Grown-Up in the Room
It takes a lot to make the “green coffee beans” guy seem mainstream.
Everything TV Taught You About Autopsies Is Wrong
Americans’ beloved prime-time dramas threaten the future of a vital procedure.
The COVID Mistake No One Talks Enough About
Deaths in isolation have been treated as a painful memory, not as a problem that hospitals need to address.
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
RFK Jr. Has Already Broken His Vaccine Promise
The health secretary is quietly undermining America’s vaccination infrastructure.
The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’
The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.
A Great Way to Get Americans to Eat Worse
President Trump’s tariffs are poised to make fruits and vegetables even more expensive.
America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease
Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19.
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
A visit with a family in mourning
America Is Botching Measles
Vaccination is the only way to prevent measles infection, a fact the Trump administration has downplayed.
At the NIH, Intolerance Will No Longer Be Tolerated
Jay Bhattacharya has spent years railing against the National Institutes of Health. What happens when he runs it?
The Health Official Who Just Might Stand Up to RFK Jr.
Marty Makary could have an impossible job as FDA commissioner.
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