Food and Drug Administration

January 9, 2025

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Being Human

RFK Jr.’s Testosterone Regimen Is Almost Reasonable

Nicholas Florko

December 12, 2024

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Health

The Real Appeal of Raw Milk

Yasmin Tayag

December 5, 2024

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Work In Progress

RFK Jr. Is a Bellwether

Derek Thompson

December 4, 2024

Health

Everyone Agrees Americans Aren’t Healthy

Nicholas Florko

November 25, 2024

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Health

Revenge of the COVID Contrarians

Benjamin Mazer

November 25, 2024

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Health

The Horseshoe Theory of Psychedelics

Shayla Love

November 1, 2024

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Health

Tripping on Nothing

Shayla Love

October 20, 2024

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Ideas

The Weak Science Behind Psychedelics

Olga Khazan

October 18, 2024

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Health

Abortion Pills Have Changed the Post-Roe Calculus

Sarah Zhang

October 18, 2024

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Health

Public Health Has a Blueberry-Banana Problem

Nicholas Florko

October 10, 2024

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Health

The Truth About Lithium Might Never Come Out

Shayla Love

October 4, 2024

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Health

The Secret to Getting Men to Wear Hearing Aids

Charley Locke

September 19, 2024

Health

Psychedelic Medicine Has a Therapy Problem

Jonathan Lambert

August 11, 2024

Health

Americans With Food Allergies Are Getting a Bad Deal

Carolyn Beans

June 19, 2024

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Health

Psychedelics Are Challenging the Scientific Gold Standard

Jonathan Lambert

June 3, 2024

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Health

Why Has a Useless Cold Medication Been Allowed on Shelves for Years?

Sarah Zhang

September 13, 2023

Health

American Food Will Never Look Natural Again

Katherine J. Wu

May 18, 2023

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Health

Milk Has Lost All Meaning

Yasmin Tayag

March 7, 2023

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Health

The FDA’s New ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Policy for Blood Donation

Benjamin Mazer

February 2, 2023

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Technology

You’re Not Allowed to Have the Best Sunscreens in the World

Amanda Mull

July 1, 2022

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Newsletters

Pharmaceutical Ads Give Me Hives

Tom Nichols

April 28, 2022

Health

What America Lost by Delaying the Vaccine Rollout

Brendan Borrell

January 19, 2022

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Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: What to Make of the Latest Booster-Shot Recommendation

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 17, 2021

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Health

Theranos and COVID-19 Testing Are Mirror-Image Cautionary Tales

Benjamin Mazer

September 15, 2021

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Ideas

Parents of America, Unite!

Linda Hirshman

September 15, 2021

Science

The FDA Really Did Have to Take This Long

Hilda Bastian

August 23, 2021

Ideas

The Death Toll of Delay

Conor Friedersdorf

August 23, 2021

Health

The FDA Is a Melting Iceberg

Benjamin Mazer

July 13, 2021

Ideas

I Learned the Hard Way That a ‘Breakthrough’ Treatment Isn’t Innocuous

Craig Spencer

August 26, 2020

Health

What the ‘Emergency’ Blood-Plasma Debacle Reveals

Sarah Zhang

August 26, 2020

Illustration of a bag of plasma labeled "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY"

Health

Vaping’s Plausible Deniability Is Going Up in Smoke

Amanda Mull

September 6, 2019

A person's face is obscured by a cloud of vapor.

Health

Acne’s Wonder Drug Is a Mental-Health Puzzle

Rachel Gutman-Wei

July 3, 2019

Health

Should Human Feces Be Regulated Like a Drug?

Sarah Zhang

June 24, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

Public Health Can’t Stop Making the Same Nutrition Mistake

RFK Jr.’s Testosterone Regimen Is Almost Reasonable

The Real Appeal of Raw Milk

RFK Jr. Is a Bellwether

Everyone Agrees Americans Aren’t Healthy

Revenge of the COVID Contrarians

The Horseshoe Theory of Psychedelics

Tripping on Nothing

The Weak Science Behind Psychedelics

Abortion Pills Have Changed the Post-Roe Calculus

Public Health Has a Blueberry-Banana Problem

The Truth About Lithium Might Never Come Out

The Secret to Getting Men to Wear Hearing Aids

Psychedelic Medicine Has a Therapy Problem

Americans With Food Allergies Are Getting a Bad Deal

Psychedelics Are Challenging the Scientific Gold Standard

Why Has a Useless Cold Medication Been Allowed on Shelves for Years?

American Food Will Never Look Natural Again

Milk Has Lost All Meaning

The FDA’s New ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Policy for Blood Donation

You’re Not Allowed to Have the Best Sunscreens in the World

Pharmaceutical Ads Give Me Hives

What America Lost by Delaying the Vaccine Rollout

The Atlantic Daily: What to Make of the Latest Booster-Shot Recommendation

Theranos and COVID-19 Testing Are Mirror-Image Cautionary Tales

Parents of America, Unite!

The FDA Really Did Have to Take This Long

The Death Toll of Delay

The FDA Is a Melting Iceberg

I Learned the Hard Way That a ‘Breakthrough’ Treatment Isn’t Innocuous

What the ‘Emergency’ Blood-Plasma Debacle Reveals

Vaping’s Plausible Deniability Is Going Up in Smoke

Acne’s Wonder Drug Is a Mental-Health Puzzle

Should Human Feces Be Regulated Like a Drug?