How Organ Meat Got Into Smoothies
Americans hated offal. Now it’s a trendy food—in grocery stores and online.
COVID-19: Five Years Later
The Disaster of School Closures Should Have Been Foreseen
A plan was set in motion with no idea of how to stop it.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Coming for Your Chili Crisp
What will happen to the Chinese grocery store?
‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’
The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment?
Buprenorphine can stop cravings for opioids, yet its uptake in the U.S. has stagnated.
Good Job, MAHA
The food-dye crackdown is finally here.
‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’
Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.
Do You Have Your Cootie Shot?
The classic kids’ game teaches a lesson about public health that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to learn.
Republicans Are Right About Soda
Public-health groups are tying themselves in knots over a GOP crackdown on the sugary drink.
Trump’s Revenge on Public Health
The attacks on HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress.
Guess What Kind of Cooking Oil Is Tariff-Proof?
Seed oils are about to get their revenge.
What RFK Jr. Told Grieving Texas Families About the Measles Vaccine
The nation’s top public-health official has been promoting suspicions of the shot even as he offers comfort.
America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era
A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll back.
What Makes Modern Measles Outbreaks Different
Unvaccinated children are becoming unvaccinated adults, who are at risk of dangerous complications.
My Snail Mucin Is Caught in a Trade War
Tariffs could upend America’s love affair with Korean skin care.
RFK Jr.’s 18th-Century Idea About Mental Health
The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.
RFK Jr. Is Out for Revenge
The health secretary’s indiscriminate layoffs will undermine his own priorities.
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.