The Wyoming Hospital Upending the Logic of Private Equity
Instead of cutting services to cut costs, one rural hospital plans to thrive by offering more.
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How Lifeguards Lost Their Luster
There’s a lifeguard shortage in America. It’s been going on for a century.
Wildfire Masking Is Just Different
The not-COVID reason to mask is here.
It’s 5 a.m. Somewhere
Why do people drink so early at airports?
The Missing Piece of the Foraging Renaissance
My attempt to harvest hyperlocal produce led me to something perhaps even better.
What the Pandemic Simulations Missed
And why it's the perfect time to role-play the next one
Fall’s COVID Shots May Be Different in One Key Way
This year’s might include XBB.1 and … perhaps no other strain.
Ozempic in Teens Is a Mess
The drug could reroute the trajectory of a kid’s life—or throw it off course.
Eating Fast Is Bad for You—Right?
The widespread advice to go slow is neither definitive nor universal.
Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug?
People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting.
Something Weird Is Going On With Melatonin
Pediatric overdoses have increased by 530 percent over the past decade.