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Medicine
April 20, 2020
Musaub Khan
The Problem With Heroizing Health Care Workers Like Me
We don’t want glory. We just want our jobs to be protected—in every sense.
April 10, 2020
Isabel Cristo
Bringing Out the Dead in New York City
Makeshift morgues and field hospitals are cropping up around the city as thousands die and tens of thousands fall ill from the coronavirus.
January 31, 2019
Emily Atkin
America’s Epidemic of Vaccine Exemptions
New York and Washington allow parents to refuse vaccinations for non-medical reasons. Both states are experiencing major measles outbreaks. This is not a coincidence.
January 30, 2019
David Dayen
Democrats Are About to Give Big Pharma the Big Tobacco Treatment
The House of Representatives' first oversight hearing of 2019 wasn't about Trump. It was about skyrocketing drug prices.
October 16, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The New DNA Paradigm
Do we control our genetic information, or is it controlling us?
March 7, 2018
Rachel Vorona Cote
The Reality of Women’s Pain
For centuries, doctors dismissed the suffering of female patients. After years of illness, author Abby Norman decided to fight back.
January 30, 2018
Emily Atkin
Scientists Saved a Bear With Fish Skin—And Stumbled on a Game-Changing Idea
The story of California's rescued bears isn't just heartwarming. It's the beginning of a new way to think about burn treatment.
November 8, 2017
Jordan Michael Smith
The Gross Inequality of Organ Transplants in America
There’s a nationwide organ shortage, but how long patients wait for a transplant can depend on how much money they have.
June 6, 2017
Adam Gaffney
How Medical Bills Harm Us All
Elisabeth Rosenthal's new book 'An American Sickness' traces the effects of profit in American health care.
May 5, 2017
Eric Armstrong
The Uncertain Future of Vaccines
An interview with journalist Meredith Wadman.
April 11, 2017
Graham Vyse
Kentucky newspaper defends story on United Airlines victim’s “troubled past,” blames outrage on “the social media mob mentality.”
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?
December 14, 2016
Adam Gaffney
Congress Just Quietly Handed Drug Companies a Dangerous Victory
The 21st Century Cures Act has been lauded as a bipartisan success. It's actually the result of a long war on drug regulation.
September 23, 2016
Adam Gaffney
How ADHD Was Sold
A new book outlines an epidemic of over-diagnosis and addiction.
August 24, 2016
Clio Chang
Meet the Martin Shkreli of allergies.
August 15, 2016
Lisa V. Adams
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Leslie Henderson
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Glenda Shoop
Training Good Doctors Starts With the Liberal Arts
July 12, 2016
Andy Extance
Why Are We Still Waiting for the Male Pill?
Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing.
June 16, 2016
Adam Gaffney
The Dawn of Antidepressants
Have antidepressant drugs ever truly worked—and does that matter?
May 2, 2016
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Ben Crair
The Cure For Fear
Scientists have discovered a radical new way to treat our most traumatic memories.
April 26, 2016
Jenny Morber
Dead Man’s Sperm
What drives the partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? A journey into the fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.
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