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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