The Risk of Trump’s Marijuana Order
The president’s move to loosen marijuana restrictions risks sending the wrong message about the drug.
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Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait
Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes.
The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity
While NIH director Jay Bhattacharya focuses on podcasting, his second in command is dramatically remaking the agency.
The Big Tobacco Playbook Comes for Your Oreos
A new lawsuit likens food companies to the tobacco industry. But it’s much harder to do something about junk food than about cigarettes.
Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
Denial only serves the aims of anti-vaxxers.
The Rarest of All Diseases Are Becoming Treatable
This year, gene-editing technology was customized to fix mutations in a single patient’s genes for the first time.
The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone
RFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy.
America Refuses to Go Bald
As Millennials enter their Rogaine era, the hair-loss industry is eager to receive them.
You’re on Ozempic? How Quaint.
The next-generation “GLP-1 plus” drugs will be tailored to the health needs of individual patients.
A War on Facts About Thanksgiving Dinner
We don’t need to do this every year.