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Technology
Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you?Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you?
Technology

The do’s and don’ts of asking an AI for health advice.

By Adam Clark Estes
Health
RFK Jr.’s biggest disruption yet to vaccine policy is comingRFK Jr.’s biggest disruption yet to vaccine policy is coming
Health

Kennedy’s support is fracturing. The childhood vaccine schedule could break it.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
For the first time, more kids are obese than underweightFor the first time, more kids are obese than underweight
Future Perfect

The year child malnutrition flipped, in one chart.

By Pratik Pawar
Future Perfect
Is this the “sickest generation” in American history? Not even close.Is this the “sickest generation” in American history? Not even close.
Future Perfect

How MAHA gets American history wrong.

By Bryan Walsh
Today, Explained podcast
What RFK Jr. gets wrong — and right — according to a public health expertWhat RFK Jr. gets wrong — and right — according to a public health expert
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Zeke Emanuel on RFK Jr. and the crisis of faith in public health.

By Rebeca Ibarra and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
Democrats can’t save democracy by shutting down the governmentDemocrats can’t save democracy by shutting down the government
Politics

The party should only force a shutdown for its own political gain.

By Eric Levitz
Health
What do I do about my family’s vaccinations now?What do I do about my family’s vaccinations now?
Health

Vaccine guidance has never been more confusing. Here’s how to navigate it.

By Dylan Scott
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
Health

Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.

By Dylan Scott
Today, Explained podcast
The Covid revenge policyThe Covid revenge policy
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Trump brought us the Covid vaccine. Now he’s trying to take it away.

By Sean Rameswaram and Avishay Artsy
Health
The bigger story behind the mass exodus of CDC leadershipThe bigger story behind the mass exodus of CDC leadership
Health

The CDC is collapsing. Will America’s health follow suit?

By Dylan Scott
Health
America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.
Health

US vaccine consensus has officially shattered.

By Dylan Scott
Health
A public health expert keeps going viral on Instagram for delivering this very simple messageA public health expert keeps going viral on Instagram for delivering this very simple message
Health

Jessica Knurick explains how to counter MAHA when no one trusts experts.

By Dylan Scott
Climate
This deadly bacteria was once an “only in New York” problem. Not anymore.This deadly bacteria was once an “only in New York” problem. Not anymore.
Climate

Extreme heat is increasing the prevalence of a disease that hits low-income people the hardest.

By Dylan Scott
Life
Why are American kids getting sicker?Why are American kids getting sicker?
Life

What MAHA gets wrong about kids’ health.

By Anna North
Is MAHA losing its battle to make Americans healthier?
Health

Banning food dye is inconsequential when environmental pollution is killing us.

By Dylan Scott
Health
Your health insurance premiums could soon go up 15 percent — or moreYour health insurance premiums could soon go up 15 percent — or more
Health

The health care consequences of Trump’s budget bill are already here.

By Dylan Scott
Even Better
For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening.For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening.
Even Better

How a common birth control method became the center of a reckoning.

By Allie Volpe
Health
The US just recorded the most measles cases in 30 yearsThe US just recorded the most measles cases in 30 years
Health

Are summer camps and family vacations going to be hot beds for measles?

By Dylan Scott
Health Care
Republicans now own America’s broken health care systemRepublicans now own America’s broken health care system
Health Care

The $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts will be felt by all Americans.

By Dylan Scott
Supreme Court
What the Supreme Court did to America while all eyes were on TrumpWhat the Supreme Court did to America while all eyes were on Trump
Supreme Court

Trying to keep track of all the chaos is overwhelming. So here’s a one-stop guide to the turmoil this Court caused.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s disastrous new abortion decision, explainedThe Supreme Court’s disastrous new abortion decision, explained
Supreme Court

The Republican justices just nuked much of federal Medicaid law, in order to spite Planned Parenthood.

By Ian Millhiser
Health
The devastating impact of Trump’s big, beautiful bill, in one chartThe devastating impact of Trump’s big, beautiful bill, in one chart
Health

Republicans are proposing huge cuts to Medicaid. The impact on Americans’ health would be devastating.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
The bizarre pancreas loophole that’s undermining America’s organ donation systemThe bizarre pancreas loophole that’s undermining America’s organ donation system
Future Perfect

The problem with pancreata.

By Dylan Matthews
Health
Can you still trust the US government’s vaccine recommendations?Can you still trust the US government’s vaccine recommendations?
Health

How to navigate a world where MAHA is setting vaccine policy.

By Dylan Scott
RFK Jr. is looking in the wrong place for autism’s cause
Health

The autism commission is doomed to fail.

By Dylan Scott
Policy
America might finally make childbirth freeAmerica might finally make childbirth free
Policy

An unlikely alliance is supporting a new bipartisan bill in Congress.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Public Health
How a fix for smoking sparked a new crisisHow a fix for smoking sparked a new crisis
Public Health

Uh oh, the quest for a safer cigarette may have backfired.

By Dylan Scott
Health
Does medicine have an overdiagnosis problem?Does medicine have an overdiagnosis problem?
Health

When it comes to our health, maybe we should be testing and diagnosing less.

By Dylan Scott
Health
The cruelest cut in the Republican budget bill, explainedThe cruelest cut in the Republican budget bill, explained
Health

Why people who work could still lose their health insurance.

By Dylan Scott
Policy
The right’s new playbook to restrict access to abortion pillsThe right’s new playbook to restrict access to abortion pills
Policy

Activists believe they’ve found a new weapon.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Public Health
Trump picked a wellness influencer to be surgeon general and it’s breaking MAHA brainsTrump picked a wellness influencer to be surgeon general and it’s breaking MAHA brains
Public Health

A movement fueled by conspiracy theories is starting conspiracy theories about its latest nominee.

By Dylan Scott
Today, Explained podcast
Love on the Spectrum stars call on RFK Jr. to resignLove on the Spectrum stars call on RFK Jr. to resign
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Two cast members of the hit Netflix reality TV show on what the HHS secretary misunderstands about autism.

By Avishay Artsy
Public Health
Drug overdose deaths are in a free fall — for nowDrug overdose deaths are in a free fall — for now
Public Health

Fewer people are dying from opioid overdoses. Trump threatens that progress.

By Dylan Scott
Policy
A cash bonus for having a baby? Trump is considering it.A cash bonus for having a baby? Trump is considering it.
Policy

The potential and limits of “baby bonuses.”

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Supreme Court
Kavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to ride to Obamacare’s rescueKavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to ride to Obamacare’s rescue
Supreme Court

The two Republican justices appeared open to an attack on Obamacare, but ultimately seemed likely to reject it.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court case that seeks to make everyone’s health insurance worse, explainedThe Supreme Court case that seeks to make everyone’s health insurance worse, explained
Supreme Court

The Obamacare wars are back.

By Ian Millhiser
Health
A catastrophe is unfolding at the top US health agency — and it will put American lives at riskA catastrophe is unfolding at the top US health agency — and it will put American lives at risk
Health

US health care is never going to be the same.

By Dylan Scott
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court struggles with whether to wound Medicaid to spite Planned ParenthoodThe Supreme Court struggles with whether to wound Medicaid to spite Planned Parenthood
Supreme Court

The case should have a clear outcome, but a Republican Court overcomplicates everything that involves abortion.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
A Supreme Court case about abortion could destroy MedicaidA Supreme Court case about abortion could destroy Medicaid
Supreme Court

Kerr v. Planned Parenthood asks the justices to render much of federal law unenforceable, in order to spite abortion providers.

By Ian Millhiser
Health
Don’t get surgery on a FridayDon’t get surgery on a Friday
Health

Surgery before or after the weekend? Here’s what science says.

By Dylan Scott