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Americans Have Lost the Plot on Cooking Oil
Olive oil is a great choice. So is canola oil, vegetable oil, avocado oil, and pretty much everything else.
Americans With Food Allergies Are Getting a Bad Deal
Ingredient labels are often vague, misleading, or just plain wrong. It doesn’t have to be this way.
The New Calculus of Summer Workouts
Summer extremes are making exercising outdoors so much more gross.
The First Three Months
What I saw inside the government’s response to COVID-19
The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?
The Mystique of Ozempic Is Growing
Obesity drugs keep getting linked to health benefits beyond weight loss. It’s maddeningly difficult to figure out what’s causing them.
How Much Worse Would a Bird-Flu Pandemic Be?
The world has been through multiple flu pandemics. That doesn’t mean it’s any more prepared.
Does Med School Have a DEI Problem?
As medicine becomes more politicized, a debate is raging over what it means for patient care.
Psychedelics Are Challenging the Scientific Gold Standard
How do you study mind-altering drugs when every clinical-trial participant knows they’re tripping?