The Most Basic Step of the Ebola Response Is Falling Short
Curbing the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will require stepping up testing.
Being Human
The body and the mind don’t have to be such mysteries.
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Kill the Ticks
America needs a bigger plan to control its tick problem.
Rural America’s Maternal-Health Crisis Is About to Get Much Worse
Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.
The Return of the Monarch
After years of decline, butterfly populations are rising—for now.
Another Symptom of Growing Isolation
A recent study found that people spoke fewer words a day in 2019 than in 2005.
America Is About to Go Over a Peptide Cliff
Popular gray-market drugs may soon be easy to get through mainstream channels.
What’s Behind the Rise in Mild Autism?
The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that many patients have been wrongly diagnosed.
The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking
If you’re “actively trying to have babies,” one expert told me, “both the man and the woman should be abstaining” from alcohol.
All the Cool Kids Are Birding
A younger crowd is flocking to a hobby once dominated by retirees—and transforming it along the way.
America’s Homegrown-Parasite Problem
Scientists don’t know why cyclosporiasis, a tropical diarrheal disease, is spreading more and more from domestic sources.