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Since care for abortion and pregnancy loss is the same, restrictions on one have had disastrous impacts on the other.
The human mind is designed to predict, but uncertainty helps us thrive.
The myths and realities about the itchiest childhood tradition.
Billions of dollars later, neuroscientists are still struggling to address the mental health crisis.
Rwandan public health officials have a strategy that could help prevent further outbreaks.
Sexual choking is astonishingly common among young people.
Whippets on TikTok are just a re-run of inhaling nitrous on stage in the 1800s.
Private equity decimated emergency care in the United States — without you even noticing.
New brain stimulation techniques could help scientists understand how meditation changes the mind.
America unintentionally built a health care system that is hard to fix.
1.5 million people die from lead exposure a year. This new global partnership could change that.
Bacteria-eating viruses might be able to fight antibiotic resistance where new treatments are most needed.
The Georgia chemical plant fire, explained.
Doctors explain how to tell the truth from social media BS.
How diseases like cancer and diabetes are growing, explained in four charts.
Harris and Winfrey spoke to the family of Amber Thurman, who died after doctors delayed abortion-related care.
The collective freakout about the youth mental health crisis has reached a tipping point.
What to know about Meta’s new restrictions on young people’s social media use.
Kidney donors save lives. Why aren’t we compensated for it?
Experts are losing a little sleep over the latest Missouri case, but that doesn’t mean you should.
It’s irrational to be cynical, so why is it becoming more prevalent?
From prebiotic sodas to collagen waters, beverages are trying to do the most. Consumers are drinking it up.
It’s not just the Princess of Wales. More and more young people are getting cancer.
How to survive the coming onslaught of viral illnesses.
From granola bars to chips, more studies are revealing that UPFs are tied to diseases like cancer and depression.
Israel’s attacks on Gaza created conditions for polio to spread. Now, a vaccination campaign is racing against time.
Too much fluoride might lower IQ in kids, a new federal report says. The science (and debate), explained.
Organ companies are getting up to pancreas hijinks.
The retail giant now uses your grocery purchases to recommend prescription drugs.
A new generation of drugs promised salvation from hepatitis B and C. What went wrong?
The case against Medicare drug price negotiations doesn’t add up.
Who should actually get the jab, and when?
Extracurriculars matter for more than college applications. Here’s why.
But there might be global consequences.
Researchers wildly underestimated how many people don’t have safe drinking water.
A first case outside of the continent has been detected in Sweden. What’s next?
Covid’s summer surge, explained
How being labeled “gifted” can rearrange your life — for better and for worse.
While better data is needed to understand just how wide the gap is, help doesn’t have to wait.
The former president says he’ll block funding for US schools that require vaccines.