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Why aren’t we vaccinating birds against bird flu?

By Jess Craig

The real science behind the billionaire pursuit of immortality

By Jacob Sweet

No one wants to think about pandemics. But bird flu doesn’t care.

By Kelsey Piper

Cholera is making a comeback — and the world doesn’t have enough vaccines

By Ellen Ioanes

The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban

By Nicole Narea

Bird flu in milk is alarming — but not for the reason you think

By Kenny Torrella

The breathtaking lifesaving impact of vaccines, in one chart

By Dylan Matthews

Bird flu in cows — and now in milk. How worried should we be?

By Benji Jones and Kenny Torrella

Do you need to worry about “forever chemicals”?

By Keren Landman, MD

We can make birth safer for Black mothers. Here’s how.

By Anna North

Every year, tuberculosis kills over a million people. Can a new vaccine turn the tide?

By Jess Craig

You probably shouldn’t panic about measles — yet

By Keren Landman, MD

What to do if you’re worried about “forever chemicals” in your drinking water

By Li Zhou

Why is there so much lead in American food?

By Dylan Scott

Why are so many young people getting cancer?

By Dylan Scott

Can Ozempic be a breakthrough drug and overpriced at the same time?

By Dylan Scott

Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis is part of a frightening global trend

By Dylan Scott

How the world has radically cut child deaths, in one chart

By Dylan Scott

The tropical disease that’s suddenly everywhere

By Dylan Scott

Alcohol overuse causes 178,000 American deaths annually. Why is it so undertreated?

By Rachel DuRose

What do Americans want from their food? The answers are in Trader Joe’s recalls.

By Keren Landman, MD

The CDC has finally loosened Covid isolation guidelines. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

By Keren Landman, MD

Who fakes cancer research? Apparently, lots of people.

By Kelsey Piper

Driving at ridiculous speeds should be physically impossible

By David Zipper

Should Big Pharma pay poor countries for finding new diseases?

By Dylan Scott

Hospitals are supposed to be safe. Not in Gaza.

By Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea

The death of the world’s best marathon runner is part of a troubling global trend

By Dylan Scott

We have treatments for opioid addiction that work. So why is the problem getting worse?

By Lydialyle Gibson

From Gaza to Sudan, conflict is driving a rise in hunger worldwide

By Dylan Scott

Why I’m glad my newborn received a false positive test for a rare genetic disorder

By Kelsey Piper

Why would anyone be against lifesaving malaria bednets?

By Dylan Matthews

A deadly new outbreak is testing Africa’s ambitious public health efforts

By Dylan Scott

America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time

By Dylan Scott

How political gridlock could kill the best global health program the US ever passed

By Saloni Dattani

Yes, everyone is sick right now. So what can you do about it?

By Keren Landman, MD

Pregnancy care deserts are growing. Indigenous babies are at risk.

By Keren Landman, MD

How a fight over data made South Dakota’s bad syphilis outbreak worse

By Keren Landman, MD

Tuberculosis kills more people than malaria or HIV. Why haven’t we found a vaccine?

By Dylan Matthews

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Scott O’Neill hopes to go out of business with his disease-fighting program

By Rachel DuRose

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Ashley Muteti transformed her loss into social change in Kenya

By Rachel DuRose

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