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Nothing will cure you of perfectionism faster than trying to grow living things.
Fewer people are dying from opioid overdoses. Trump threatens that progress.
Swole of body, swole of mind.
How a day off can (and can’t) help children.
Why early season heat waves are becoming more common and more dangerous.
It can feel tempting to cocoon yourself in relaxing hobbies to spare your mental health.
The one allergy treatment to rule them all, explained.
If you dislike insects, you’ll hate this.
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and scientists will do irreparable harm to the country.
Kennedy is targeting our best defense against the dentist.
Dementia has long resisted treatment. But one answer could be surprisingly simple.
US health care is never going to be the same.
It’s the worst allergy season ever. Again. Just like last year.
The best regimen starts before you start sneezing.
Want to improve someone’s well-being? These are the “best buys” identified so far.
The unregulated morass of vitamins and supplements makes it hard to know what’s legitimate. We can help.
Surgery before or after the weekend? Here’s what science says.
Our Covid mistakes did lasting damage. No one wants to talk about it.
The author John Green on how Trump cuts to aid will kill TB patients — and what we can do about it.
The troubling ripple effects of more measles outbreaks, explained.
From HIV to malnutrition, here’s what the loss of 83 percent of USAID programs looks like.
From mRNA vaccines to remote work, the technologies that blunted the worst of the pandemic.
The confusing guidance about alcohol, simplified.
Five years later, the Covid-19 pandemic has turned people against a cutting-edge medical technology.
Here’s why you should never, ever drink the rain.
All to save 0.08 percent of the budget.
Why you should make your phone boring.
The rising popularity of this major healthcare program, briefly explained.
The anti-vax movement has gone mainstream, but before these shots, grief and loss marked the lives of children.
They’re a step in the right direction.
The new Health and Human Services secretary is facing one of his first public health crises. Will he blow up the typical protocol?
Some vaccinated people got measles in Texas. Here’s how to check your immunity.
Winter lovers share their tips for making the most of the season.
The neglected ways climate change is affecting our health, explained by Valley fever.
DOGE, please go to sleep. For your health.
Here’s what Trump gets right — and wrong — about the WHO.