The First Three Months
What I saw inside the government’s response to COVID-19
The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?
The Mystique of Ozempic Is Growing
Obesity drugs keep getting linked to health benefits beyond weight loss. It’s maddeningly difficult to figure out what’s causing them.
How Much Worse Would a Bird-Flu Pandemic Be?
The world has been through multiple flu pandemics. That doesn’t mean it’s any more prepared.
Does Med School Have a DEI Problem?
As medicine becomes more politicized, a debate is raging over what it means for patient care.
Psychedelics Are Challenging the Scientific Gold Standard
How do you study mind-altering drugs when every clinical-trial participant knows they’re tripping?
The Obese Police
“People first” language for obesity shouldn’t be the rule in public discourse.
Why Extreme Syphilis Symptoms Are Showing Up Now
After years of resurgence in the U.S., the disease is getting weird.
A Breakthrough in Preventing Stillbirths
Half of pregnancy losses have unidentified causes. The placenta could provide answers.
Stop Wasting Your Fridge Space
Food storage is way more confusing than it ought to be.
The Child-Nutrition Myth That Just Won’t Die
Disguising vegetables inside other foods might be the worst way to get a toddler to eat them.
Google Is Playing a Dangerous Game With AI Search
The search giant’s new tool is answering questions about cancer, heart attacks, and Ozempic.
Cows Have Almost Certainly Infected More Than Two People With Bird Flu
Protecting dairy workers from further spread will be crucial to containing the outbreak.
Ozempic Patients Need an Off-Ramp
These drugs are meant to be taken for life, but not everyone can afford to.
The Bird-Flu Host We Should Worry About
Pigs have a track record of hosting flu viruses that jump to us.
Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure
The genomes of meerkats could help researchers solve some puzzles in human heart disease.
The Sad Desk Salad Is Getting Sadder
There isn’t always time for a lunch break. But there’s always arugula.
The Fad Diet to End All Fad Diets
There isn’t much evidence that intermittent fasting leads to lasting weight loss. Why is it still so popular?
Did Something Happen to Our Necks?
You just don’t see foam collars anymore.
Who Really Has Brain Worms?
A scientific inquiry
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