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February 27, 2025

Illustration of a hypodermic needle against a background of white and blue dots

Ideas

I’ve Never Seen Parents This Freaked Out About Vaccines

Emily Oster

February 13, 2025

Treated photograph of a hand holding a syringe

Books Briefing

A New, Unbearably Honest Kind of Writing

Boris Kachka

February 7, 2025

Health

America Can’t Just Unpause USAID

Hana Kiros

February 4, 2025

Health

The Last Days of American Orange Juice

Yasmin Tayag

February 4, 2025

A retro illustrated advertisement for orange juice "grown in the U.S.A.," featuring a tall glass of juice with a straw and a partially peeled orange.

Health

The Return of Snake Oil

Shayla Love

January 30, 2025

A pair of hands hold an elixir bottle with light and sparkles emanating from it

Health

What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like

Katherine J. Wu

January 28, 2025

A graphic illustration showing a black-and-white photo of a syringe and a vial over a black-grid background

Health

RFK Jr. Is an Excellent Conspiracy Theorist

Benjamin Mazer

January 27, 2025

A photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. surrounded by a pattern of interlocking red lines

Politics

The Animal Story That RFK Jr. Should Know

David Axelrod

January 23, 2025

Photo-illustration with a statue of the dog Balto and RFK Jr.

Health

How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail

Katherine J. Wu

January 22, 2025

A vaccine syringe replaces the needle on an illustration of a compass.

The Atlantic Daily

How Worried to Be About Bird Flu

Lora Kelley

January 15, 2025

Swabbing a rooster to test for avian influenza

Health

Aspiring Parents Have a New DNA Test to Obsess Over

Kristen V. Brown

January 15, 2025

Collage of hands framing a crystal ball in which an ultrasound image is visible

Health

Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

Katherine J. Wu

January 10, 2025

Being Human

Doctors Thought They Knew What a Genetic Disease Is. They Were Wrong.

Jason Liebowitz

January 2, 2025

A video showing cells and genetic materials.

Ideas

The Most Important Breakthroughs of 2024

Derek Thompson

December 29, 2024

Illustration of a rocket ship, vaccine, a double helix DNA molecule, and computer circuit paths

Health

America’s Bird-Flu Luck Has Officially Run Out

Yasmin Tayag

December 19, 2024

Birds superimposed over a vintage map of the United States

Health

Bedbugs Could Be More Horrifying Than You Think

Kristen V. Brown

December 4, 2024

Being Human

The Cancer Gene More Men Should Test For

Kristen V. Brown

November 20, 2024

Politics

What Going ‘Wild on Health’ Looks Like

Olga Khazan

November 19, 2024

Photo of RFK Jr. walking on stage with two large American flags standing beside him

Health

Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

Sarah Zhang

November 19, 2024

two hands frame a syringe in a burst of yellow light

Health

Genetic Discrimination Is Coming for Us All

Kristen V. Brown

November 12, 2024

Color illustration of two double helices being held together by an open orange padlock

Health

America Has an Onion Problem

Nicholas Florko

November 7, 2024

An onion surrounded by bacteria splotches

Health

A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work

Sarah Zhang

November 4, 2024

CAR-T cells on a blue background and a black-and-white photo of a man's face with characteristic lupus rash

Health

The Dilemma at the Center of McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak

Yasmin Tayag

October 24, 2024

Ideas

Why People Itch, and How to Stop It

Annie Lowrey

October 23, 2024

Technology

The AI Boom Has an Expiration Date

Matteo Wong

October 17, 2024

Book Review

A Radical Vision of the Sick Body

Rhian Sasseen

October 14, 2024

Health

Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them

Roxanne Khamsi

September 20, 2024

A black silhouette of a women with a page of Xs and Ys torn through (three Xs are circled) against a backdrop of notebook paper, with a torn strip depicting cells and one depicting hands with a vial cutting vertically through

Books

The Nearly Impossible Task of Describing Pain

Walt Hunter

September 3, 2024

Two panels: a storm cloud on the left and a little square photo of a hand on the right

Science

The New Calculus of Summer Workouts

Katherine J. Wu

June 18, 2024

Planet

The Koala Paradox

Katherine J. Wu

July/August 2024 Issue

photo of koala in leafy tree clinging to wooden ladder

Health

Why Extreme Syphilis Symptoms Are Showing Up Now

Rachel E. Gross

June 2, 2024

Science

Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure

Katherine J. Wu

May 19, 2024

Two meerkats on top of a rock, against a black background; the meerkat on the left is standing upright, while the one on the right gazes toward them

Books Briefing

The ‘Lurid Metaphors’ of Illness

Gal Beckerman

May 10, 2024

Science

Against Sunscreen Absolutism

Rowan Jacobsen

June 2024 Issue

Tanned skin with pale smiley face drawn on it

Health

Who Really Has Brain Worms?

Katherine J. Wu

May 8, 2024

a microscope image of a pork tapeworm, overlaid with an outline of a brain

Sections

The Print Edition

RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles

I’ve Never Seen Parents This Freaked Out About Vaccines

A New, Unbearably Honest Kind of Writing

America Can’t Just Unpause USAID

The Last Days of American Orange Juice

The Return of Snake Oil

What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like

RFK Jr. Is an Excellent Conspiracy Theorist

The Animal Story That RFK Jr. Should Know

How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail

How Worried to Be About Bird Flu

Aspiring Parents Have a New DNA Test to Obsess Over

Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

Doctors Thought They Knew What a Genetic Disease Is. They Were Wrong.

The Most Important Breakthroughs of 2024

America’s Bird-Flu Luck Has Officially Run Out

Bedbugs Could Be More Horrifying Than You Think

The Cancer Gene More Men Should Test For

What Going ‘Wild on Health’ Looks Like

Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

Genetic Discrimination Is Coming for Us All

America Has an Onion Problem

A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work

The Dilemma at the Center of McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak

Why People Itch, and How to Stop It

The AI Boom Has an Expiration Date

A Radical Vision of the Sick Body

Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them

The Nearly Impossible Task of Describing Pain

The New Calculus of Summer Workouts

The Koala Paradox

Why Extreme Syphilis Symptoms Are Showing Up Now

Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure

The ‘Lurid Metaphors’ of Illness

Against Sunscreen Absolutism

Who Really Has Brain Worms?