The U.S. Is Winging This Ebola Outbreak
By responding to this outbreak independently, the U.S. is showing the limits of that approach.
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The Largest Undocumented Disparity in Maternal Health
Gestational-diabetes rates are high among Asian American populations, and Chinese Americans may be particularly at risk.
Americans Have Entered the Age of the Needle
Americans’ enthusiasm for injection has never been higher.
The Man Behind the Trump Administration’s Favorite Psychedelic
W. Bryan Hubbard is the Republican psychedelics whisperer.
The U.S.’s Most Concerning Anti-Vaccine Policy
The Trump administration is slow-walking immunization for kids around the world.
It’s Maddeningly Difficult to Ban Smoking
A new cigarette ban in the U.K. might yield its most dramatic results decades from now, if it sticks around that long.
This Ebola Outbreak Will Be Hard to Contain
The world is already playing catch-up to a deadly disease.
A Perfume With a Whiff of MAGA
Brittany Aldean’s Vada perfume codes conservative because she herself does.
Why Did Bill Cassidy Do It?
The senator from Louisiana offered an olive branch to MAHA and got nothing in return.
A Profound Mismatch in Modern Medicine
The “magic bullet” model that doctors are most comfortable with is ill-suited to some of the most disabling conditions they treat today.