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RFK Jr.’s 18th-Century Idea About Mental Health
The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.
RFK Jr. Is Out for Revenge
The health secretary’s indiscriminate layoffs will undermine his own priorities.
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 Most Important Ingredient in Chewing Gum
You’re essentially gnawing on plastic.
Texas Never Wanted RFK Jr.’s Unproven Measles Treatment
Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take up the offer.
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
RFK Jr. and the Pepperoni-Pizza Paradox
The case for a Department of Food
The Paradox of Hard Work
Why do people enjoy doing difficult things?