
Julia Belluz
Freelance contributor
Latest articles by Julia Belluz

It’s not your imagination: There are more outbreaks of deadly pathogens today. Here’s why.


This wasn’t inevitable.


All parts of the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act are now final.


Too much salt in your diet is bad for health — but so is too little.


The CDC is using a new method to count cases.


For the first time ever, you might actually be able to understand the nutrition information on packaged foods.


Japan and Canada don’t do much better at advising people on what to eat.


A new study reminds us that surgeons struggle with risk perception just as much as the rest of us.


Every time an outbreak looms, health experts have to beg Congress for money, delaying their ability to respond.


So far, the operation has been successful — but it’s only the third in the world and carries a great deal of risk.