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Health Archive

Archives for October 2023

Future Perfect
I’m getting malaria to help eradicate it (and you can too)I’m getting malaria to help eradicate it (and you can too)
Future Perfect

Powerful new vaccines — and challenge trials around new drugs — are taking the fight to one of the world’s biggest killers.

By Dylan Matthews
Health
The mental health crisis among doctors is a problem for patientsThe mental health crisis among doctors is a problem for patients
Health

Why doctors are so stressed out, depressed, and suicidal — and what can be done about it.

By Keren Landman, MD
Health Care
The RSV shot shortage isn’t just a supply problemThe RSV shot shortage isn’t just a supply problem
Health Care

The broken US health care system is a long-term barrier to Beyfortus access.

By Keren Landman, MD
Baby boomers are aging. Their kids aren’t ready.
Health

Millennials are facing an elder care crisis nobody prepared them for.

By Anna North
Who thought flexible spending accounts were a good idea?
The Vox guide to using your benefits

The most befuddling tax break in the US health care system, explained.

By Dylan Scott
Science
There’s a morning-after pill to prevent sexually transmitted infectionsThere’s a morning-after pill to prevent sexually transmitted infections
Science

The CDC is getting close to recommending it to prevent STIs like chlamydia and syphilis.

By Keren Landman, MD
Policy
Nearly 2 million kids have been kicked off Medicaid this yearNearly 2 million kids have been kicked off Medicaid this year
Policy

Medicaid unwinding’s terrible toll, explained in 4 charts.

By Dylan Scott
Why you’ve never heard of this common eating disorder behavior — and why that’s a problem
Science

Increased awareness is the first step to helping more people — particularly teens.

By Daryl Austin
Future Perfect
Real mindfulness would transform the economyReal mindfulness would transform the economy
Future Perfect

Mindfulness without worker power is capitalism at its worst.

By Oshan Jarow
Public Health
What could cause a malaria comeback in the US — and what could stop itWhat could cause a malaria comeback in the US — and what could stop it
Public Health

Americans shouldn’t take a malaria-free future for granted.

By Keren Landman, MD
Future Perfect
The lifesaving, Nobel Prize-winning discovery that almost didn’t happenThe lifesaving, Nobel Prize-winning discovery that almost didn’t happen
Future Perfect

Katalin Karikó co-won a Nobel Prize this week for her groundbreaking work on mRNA vaccines — but she had to fight against professional science to do it.

By Kelsey Piper
Future Perfect
What a striking new study of death in America missesWhat a striking new study of death in America misses
Future Perfect

The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else.

By Dylan Matthews