Summer festivals in Australia are a vibe—think bright sunshine, good music and entertainment, and endless opportunities to showcase your style. But, let’s be real: the heat, sweat, and long hours of…
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Over the past several years, a medication called mifepristone has been at the center of intense moral and legal fights in the United States. The pill is the only drug…
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For more than 60 years, vaccination in the United States has been largely shaped by an obscure committee tasked with advising the federal government. In almost every case, the nation’s…
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Dale Carnegie, the self-made titan of self-help, swore by the social power of names. Saying someone’s name, he wrote in How to Win Friends and Influence People, was like a…
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When my family returned to our home in Santa Monica last Sunday night, we breathed a sigh of relief. Our house was fine, and the air quality was in the…
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No drug is quite like nicotine. When it hits your bloodstream, you’re sent on a ride of double euphoria: an immediate jolt of adrenaline, like a strong cup of coffee…
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The first time Jamie Cassidy was pregnant, the fetus had a genetic mutation so devastating that she and her husband, Brennan, decided to terminate in the second trimester. The next…
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Influenza cases have been surging. RSV activity is “very high.” Signs of COVID have been mounting in sewer water, and norovirus, too, is spawning outbreaks like we haven’t seen for…
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What’s not to love about winter? Holidays here and there, parties, and tons of gifts. If we’re talking about your hair, though, it’s not the best season. Between the dry,…
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In 1900, a former schoolteacher named Carrie Nation walked into a bar in Kiowa, Kansas, proclaimed, “Men, I have come to save you from a drunkard’s fate,” and proceeded to…