The Disaster of School Closures Should Have Been Foreseen
A plan was set in motion with no idea of how to stop it.
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Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded.
The Evermaskers
The isolation of people who take precautions against COVID has only gotten more intense.
The COVID Mistake No One Talks Enough About
Deaths in isolation have been treated as a painful memory, not as a problem that hospitals need to address.
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T-Maxxing Has Gone Too Far
American men are loading up on testosterone--whether they need it or not.
Polio Was That Bad
One of RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers recently floated the idea of stopping vaccination against the virus. It would be catastrophic.
America's Convenience-Store Conundrum
The Trump administration's "real food" campaign will go only so far as the offerings at your local mini-mart.
South Carolina Is America's New Measles Norm
The state's measles outbreak could soon be bigger than West Texas's. Are the two connected?
America's Would-Be Surgeon General Says to Trust Your 'Heart Intelligence'
Casey Means thinks improving health is a spiritual project.
High January Was Bound to Happen
Cannabis companies have a cheeky proposition for anyone who's taking the month off from alcohol.
The New Food-Stamp Rules Will Make Your Head Spin
States have started banning junk food from SNAP. It's not going according to plan.
A Different Type of 'Muscle Memory'
Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.