Long before he joined the FDA to run the center that regulates vaccines, Vinay Prasad argued against COVID shots for kids. Among his many criticisms of the United States’ approach…
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The lab-leak theory of COVID-19’s origins comes in many forms. Here is Donald Trump’s: A scientist in Wuhan walked outside to have lunch, maybe with a girlfriend or something. “That’s…
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It took just a few hours for devotees of the “Make America healthy again” movement to question former President Joe Biden’s prostate-cancer diagnosis. Tumors of the prostate are the most…
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Hair, like fashion, shifts with the seasons. And just as you wouldn’t wear a silk slip dress in a downpour or a shearling coat to the beach, your hair—and your…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine activism is not what you’d call subtle. For decades, he has questioned the safety and effectiveness of various childhood vaccines, insisting that some of them…
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Photographs by Sarah Blesener The Toyota pickup hit the tree that May morning with enough explosive force to leave a gash that is still visible on its trunk 39 years…
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Ever since the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk realized that GLP-1 drugs were useful for more than diabetes, doctors and researchers have struggled to answer a deceptively simple question: Who should…
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If you already have fine or thinning hair, you know the struggle: most hair extensions either tug too much, peek through, or look obviously fake. And when your strands are…
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The surgeon general, America’s doctor, is the public face of medicine in the United States. The job is more educational than it is technical. Vivek Murthy, who was appointed as…
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When you think of food poisoning, perhaps what first comes to mind is undercooked chicken, spoiled milk, or oysters. Personally, I remember the time I devoured a sushi boat as…