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America’s Raw-Cheddar Chaos
The FDA has linked an E. Coli outbreak to contaminated cheese. The company that makes it refuses to agree to a recall.
RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC
The Trump administration seems to be putting MAHA on notice.
The Meme-Washing of RFK Jr.
The online persona of America’s health secretary is very different from the man himself.
There’s Only One Reason to Cold Plunge
The practice has its benefits. Just not the ones wellness influencers are loudest about.
A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory
A judge suspended the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee but also said that the agency should be consulting it before making recommendations.
Girls’ Sports Are Getting More Physical
Forget gymnastics. High-school girls are all in on wrestling.
The Peptide Boom Is Getting Out of Hand
Welcome to the golden age of gray-market drugs.
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What 100 Million Volts Do to the Body and Mind
The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?
The Dieting Myth That Just Won’t Die
How a 50-year-old study about milkshakes duped psychology