The Bones of Children’s Mouths Are Being Wrenched Apart
A fervor for reshaping young mouths has taken hold in orthodontics. What purpose does it really serve?
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Eat More Deer
America is letting good meat go to waste.
What Having a Fake Disease Taught Me About Health Care
Medical schools are training students in a form of care that the system can’t—or won’t—provide.
An Underappreciated Variable in Sports Success
Sometimes athletes just get lucky.
The Two Sides of America’s Health Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a very different approach to food than to vaccines.
RFK Jr.’s Next Move Is What Anti-Vaxxers Have Been Waiting For
Nothing seems to be stopping the health secretary from driving America over a vaccine cliff.
Rotavirus Could Come Roaring Back—Very Soon
A leading vaccine expert on what the country’s newly overhauled immunization schedule means for children
Just Break Your New Year’s Resolution Now
It might be the best way to succeed in the long run.
The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science
Cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.
I Bought ‘GLP-3’
You’re not supposed to be able to buy the world’s most powerful weight-loss drug, but some people have found a way.