Health
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For people with OCD, reassurance can be harmful. ChatGPT provides an infinite supply.
Republicans are proposing huge cuts to Medicaid. The impact on Americans’ health would be devastating.
If only the NIH would fund it.
Just how much should you drink?
Are gadgets like Apple Watches and Oura Rings making us any healthier?
The problem with pancreata.
Francis Collins led the NIH for a decade before its dismantling. He’s still searching for answers.
Muscles are a symbol of strength. So who’s allowed to be strong?
How to navigate a world where MAHA is setting vaccine policy.
Teenagers today are dating less than ever. What’s really happening?
Girls are getting their periods earlier. Parents are trying to take control.
The government gives great guidance on vaccination. Or at least it used to.
The autism commission is doomed to fail.
The quiet revolutions that have prevented millions of cancer deaths.
Suddenly can’t stand the way your partner chews? That’s resentment.
Ketamine, the drug that reportedly messed up Musk’s bladder, is a public health paradox.
Getting hot for the summer isn’t cutting it anymore.
What happens when the federal government will no longer respond to a local health crisis?
From disaster warnings to drug development, how AI is generating real-world wins.
A step forward in academia’s existential fight against scientific fraud.
A barrage of products promise you can get your hair — and self-esteem — back.
Uh oh, the quest for a safer cigarette may have backfired.
Yes, protein builds muscle. No, you don’t need as much as lifting influencers say.
Young adults from around the world are struggling.
The HHS secretary is tampering with vaccine recommendations.
When it comes to our health, maybe we should be testing and diagnosing less.
Americans remained scared of violent crime. The numbers tell a different story.
Why billionaires need to give more — and give faster.
Why people who work could still lose their health insurance.
The record drop in drug overdose deaths, briefly explained.
Hearing aids are cool now.
We can keep saving lives when foreign aid is dying.
A movement fueled by conspiracy theories is starting conspiracy theories about its latest nominee.
How to live longer — and healthier.
More contagious than Covid-19 and with a 30 percent mortality rate, smallpox was one of history’s biggest killers. Now, it’s gone.
We’re in the middle of the worst measles outbreak in 30 years.
How to block the next Covid in mid-air.
Two cast members of the hit Netflix reality TV show on what the HHS secretary misunderstands about autism.
Political scientist Frances Lee examines the “noble lies” and truth-seeking failures of the pandemic.