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March 11, 2025
Edith Olmsted
New State Reports Measles Cases as RFK Jr. Pushes Fake Cures
Oklahoma has reported two measles cases.
March 10, 2025
Edith Olmsted
RFK Jr. Is Hawking Fake Treatments for Measles Outbreaks
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is actively helping the deadly outbreak spread.
March 7, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Second Person With Measles Dies as Doctors Worry About RFK Jr. Effect
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refuses to endorse widespread vaccination against the deadly disease.
March 4, 2025
Edith Olmsted
RFK Jr.’s Solution for Measles Outbreak Has Health Experts Horrified
One expert warned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan put children at risk of serious long-term health issues.
February 27, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Called Out for Glaring Lie in His Weak DOGE Defense
Elon Musk whined that DOGE would sometimes make mistakes.
January 10, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Plan to Shut Down Mexico Border Is His Most Dangerous Yet
Donald Trump is leaning into the racist trope that immigrants bring diseases with them.
May 3, 2024
Thom Hartmann
What’s More Deadly—a New H5N1 Flu or the Republican Party?
You should be keeping an eye on the “bird flu”—and on the Republicans who want to slice and dice the CDC budget.
February 17, 2017
Steven Beutler
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump’s Bizarre Behavior
Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?
April 12, 2016
Peter Bowes
The Experimental Diet That Mimics a Rare Genetic Mutation
A rare genetic disorder protects its carriers from disease and aging. What if a diet could replicate its effects?
March 22, 2016
Emma Young
Can Food Be Medicine?
A writer explores manipulating her diet to treat her Type 2 diabetes.
July 1, 2015
Tommy Trenchard
Sierra Leone’s Rich and Powerful Are Breaking the Ebola Burial Rules
And it's putting everyone at risk
December 8, 2014
Alejandro Varela
The Best Way to Beat AIDS Isn't Drug Treatment. It's a Living Wage.
October 28, 2014
Steven Beutler
Chris Christie Is Ignorant About Ebola, But That Doesn't Mean He Was Wrong About Quarantines
October 27, 2014
Eric Sasson
You're Overreacting to the Ebola Outbreak, and It's Not Helping
That includes the public, politicians, and even this magazine
October 24, 2014
Julia Ioffe
NYC's Ebola Patient Went Bowling. Why Don't Americans Just Stay Home When They're Sick?
October 16, 2014
Steven Beutler
We Should Quarantine Everyone Coming From Countries With Ebola Outbreaks
An infectious-disease specialist says the time for half-measures is over
October 16, 2014
Claire Groden
This Woman Is Traveling in a Hazmat Suit—and 4 More Absurd Ebola Overreactions
October 13, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
A Nurse Should Not Have Contracted Ebola. We Need New Policies.
October 1, 2014
Alex Estes
How Not To Write About Deadly, Infectious Diseases Like Ebola
August 15, 2014
Karl Robb
Here's What I Would Have Told Robin Williams About Living With Parkinson's

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