Public-Health Officials Should Have Been Talking About Their Sex Parties the Whole Time
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Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them
But they were always at risk of developing diseases with potentially severe effects.
An Unexpected Window Into the Trump Campaign
The former president’s embrace of IVF is a signal to swing voters.
The Cost of Avoiding Microplastics
Even half measures are so expensive, they’re luxury goods.
The Secret to Getting Men to Wear Hearing Aids
Too many people delay dealing with hearing loss because they think the devices make them look old.
A Fix for Antibiotic Resistance Could Be Hiding in the Past
Phage therapy was once used to treat bubonic plague. Now it could help inform a new health crisis.
Tua Tagovailoa’s Impossible Choice
It’s hard to know whether the NFL star must step away from the game, even after his fourth concussion.
‘That’s Something That You Won’t Recover From as a Doctor’
In Idaho and other states, draconian laws are forcing physicians to ignore their training and put patients’ lives at risk.
Trump’s Repetitive Speech Is a Bad Sign
If the debate was a cognitive test, the former president failed.
Bird Flu Is Quietly Getting Scarier
Perhaps it’s time to talk about an H5N1 pandemic.