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Israel’s raid on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis might break international humanitarian law.
TikTok accounts are using audio from a banned wellness coach to sell salt and castor oil.
Sure, Elon Musk’s into ketamine and Peter Thiel has his doping Olympics, but drugs and tech are nothing new.
Car crashes are killing too many young Africans like Kelvin Kiptum.
Opioid addiction doesn’t get as many headlines as it used to, but the crisis is as bad as ever. It doesn’t have to be.
The flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small.
How to act in service of the planet — and your values.
Nine experts weigh in on curbing and diffusing your overly negative thoughts.
In the 21st century, famine isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice.
Today, Explained digs into the stigma associated with a prostate cancer diagnosis like Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s, and the fear many men have of the exam itself.
Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild.
Americans are obsessing over protein and forgetting about fiber.
Everyzyng you wanted to know about Zyn, in six questions.
A new study offers big clues about where psychedelics’ superpowers come from.
The lifesaving revolution in widespread medical testing for infants.
The no good, very bad case against malaria bednets, explained.
With foreign aid increasingly uncertain, Africa wants to tackle disease emergencies on its own.
A ‘day in the life’ at the end of a life
Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?
Suicides are up among Black adolescents. Sherry Molock, a clinical psychologist and ordained minister, believes Black churches could be their salvation.
Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives.
PEPFAR saved millions of people from AIDS. Don’t let it die.
What a plant-based diet can and cannot do for you, explained by Netflix’s You Are What You Eat.
A monthlong break from drinking was just the beginning for me.
Despite big changes to the migraine playbook, many people aren’t getting adequate treatment.
It sounds too good to be true, but there’s serious science behind the hypothesis.
How to prevent and treat colds, the flu, Covid-19, and more.
Timing light exposure right helps combat seasonal depression.
Solving the congenital syphilis crisis means investing in rural maternity care.
Here’s how to interpret your own feelings.
Expert-approved tips — both big and small — to take you into 2024 and beyond.
We shouldn’t give up on others so easily.
And a new way to understand cities’ response to tent encampments.
This was a hard year. But these 10 news stories remind us a better future is possible.
Americans embraced meditation. So did corporations.
A decades-long digital turf war’s consequences for Indigenous communities, explained.
Quantifying the “complexity” of consciousness can tell us how rich our experiences are.
Getting AI to improve mental health outcomes is not as simple as firing up ChatGPT.
From blue liquid to glass vaginas, period stigma shapes our products — and hurts our health.