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Why Can’t Americans Sleep?
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
America’s New Anti-Vaccine Foreign Policy
The Trump administration is ending U.S. support for immunizations abroad because of its opposition not only to foreign aid, but to vaccination itself.
‘I’m Not Quite Sure How to Respond to This Presentation’
The discomfiting spectacle of RFK Jr.’s new vaccine-advisory committee
Brace Yourself for Watery Mayo and Spiky Ice Cream
MAHA is coming for emulsifiers.
The U.S. Is Going Backwards on Vaccines, Very Fast
America’s vaccine advisory committee is now taking seriously a baseless anti-vaccine flash point.
The Adriana Smith Case Was an Ethical Disaster
Georgia’s fetal-personhood law pushed doctors into an extraordinarily troubling situation.
RFK Jr. Is Taking an Axe to America’s Dietary Guidelines
MAHA is on the brink of its biggest win yet.
The Protein Madness Is Just Getting Started
Americans are taking their obsession with supplements to new extremes.
The ‘Fantasy We Have of Vaccines’ Is in Trouble
One of the most effective vaccines available was going to become more accessible—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC’s advisory committee.
How Ivermectin Became Right-Wing Aspirin
Once a suspect COVID treatment, now a cure for everything