disease

October 18, 2026

Being Human

What Three Gene-Therapy Deaths Have in Common

Roxanne Khamsi

October 16, 2026

Health

What We Really Know About the Russian ‘Plague’ Case

Jacqueline Munis

October 6, 2026

A maintenance worker walks out of the headquarters of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s agency for consumer protection and public health

Books

The Mysteries of Human Personality

Julia M. Klein

September 29, 2026

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Health

The Truth About American Food Safety

Daniel Engber

September 2, 2026

The hands of two people are visible using forks to pick up and cut gem lettuce at a restaurant table that also contains tropical drinks

Health

Pennsylvania’s Public-Health Officials May Be Wrong About a Measles Death

Benjamin Mazer

August 27, 2026

A black-and-white close-up photo of Josh Shapiro's face

Health

Kill the Ticks

Sarah Zhang

August 3, 2026

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Health

The Real Antidepressant Crisis

Richard A. Friedman

July 30, 2026

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Ideas

The Unintended Consequences of Genetic Tests

Elizabeth Bruenig

July 12, 2026

Illustration of a woman looking down at her hands while sitting on the floor as strands of double helix genes wrap around her.

Health

America’s Homegrown-Parasite Problem

Nicholas Florko

July 11, 2026

Leafy green vegetables on shelves in a grocery store

Planet

The Thinking About Kids and Heat Has Flipped

Daniel Engber

July 11, 2026

Being Human

The Genes That Could Cancel Out a Fatal Diagnosis

Roxanne Khamsi

July 7, 2026

Ideas

The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth

Joseph Allen

May 12, 2026

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Health

A Profound Mismatch in Modern Medicine

Jason Liebowitz

May 12, 2026

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Ideas

I Remember America Before the Measles Vaccine

Fran Moreland Johns

June 2026 Issue

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Health

A Brutal First for the Cruise Industry

Katherine J. Wu

May 5, 2026

Health

The DNA Fix for Aging

Roxanne Khamsi

April 16, 2026

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Books

The Paradox of Modern Medicine

Meghan O’Rourke

April 15, 2026

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Science

A Cancer Treatment That Does More Than Scientists Thought

Katherine J. Wu

April 9, 2026

Family

The Endless Goodbye

Ashley Parker

April 4, 2026

Health

The Making of a Diagnostic Mind

Alexandra Sifferlin

March 31, 2026

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Ideas

When Mentally Ill Teenagers Ask to Be Put to Death

Charles Lane

March 15, 2026

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Ideas

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence

Tom Nichols

March 6, 2026

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Health

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Have Its Vaccine Policy Both Ways

Benjamin Mazer

March 5, 2026

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Being Human

Is It Aging, or Is It ADHD?

Yasmin Tayag

February 25, 2026

In gray scale, a woman clutches her head.

Health

‘I Genuinely Am Upset That Your Kids Are Vaccinated’

Tom Bartlett

February 24, 2026

Del Bigtree speaks at a demonstration against mandatory vaccinations and protesting SB 5841, in Olympia, Washington, U.S. February 20, 2019.

Health

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.

Katherine J. Wu

February 24, 2026

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Technology

The Edge of Mathematics

Matteo Wong

February 24, 2026

An illustration of the mathematician Terrance Tao

Health

The Longevity Scam

Jordan D. Metzl

February 19, 2026

A color photograph of a woman with an LED light mask in front of her face

Health

Their Mutated Genes Were Supposed to Be Harmless

Roxanne Khamsi

February 15, 2026

A figure in blue moves through a field with smeared blue figures following and red and orange ahead

Ideas

This Is How a Child Dies of Measles

Elizabeth Bruenig

February 12, 2026

A collage showing a young child with measles and the shadow of two hands

Health

How America Got So Sick

Vann R. Newkirk II

March 2026 Issue

image of gray stone caduceus-like symbol with snake entwined around staff shattered into pieces

Health

The Only Thing That Will Turn Measles Back

Katherine J. Wu

February 5, 2026

A blue map of the US teeters on the point of a vaccine's needle, against a red background

Health

T-Maxxing Has Gone Too Far

Yasmin Tayag

January 30, 2026

Collage of a man's muscled back, the male symbol, and arrows pointing downward in shades of red, yellow, and black

Being Human

A Different Type of ‘Muscle Memory’

Bonnie Tsui

January 14, 2026

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Health

The Best Flu Drug Americans Aren’t Taking

Sarah Zhang

January 12, 2026

Sections

The Print Edition

The Evolution of the Human Brain Set It Up for Failure

What Three Gene-Therapy Deaths Have in Common

What We Really Know About the Russian ‘Plague’ Case

The Mysteries of Human Personality

The Truth About American Food Safety

Pennsylvania’s Public-Health Officials May Be Wrong About a Measles Death

Kill the Ticks

The Real Antidepressant Crisis

The Unintended Consequences of Genetic Tests

America’s Homegrown-Parasite Problem

The Thinking About Kids and Heat Has Flipped

The Genes That Could Cancel Out a Fatal Diagnosis

The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth

A Profound Mismatch in Modern Medicine

I Remember America Before the Measles Vaccine

A Brutal First for the Cruise Industry

The DNA Fix for Aging

The Paradox of Modern Medicine

A Cancer Treatment That Does More Than Scientists Thought

The Endless Goodbye

The Making of a Diagnostic Mind

When Mentally Ill Teenagers Ask to Be Put to Death

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Have Its Vaccine Policy Both Ways

Is It Aging, or Is It ADHD?

‘I Genuinely Am Upset That Your Kids Are Vaccinated’

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.

The Edge of Mathematics

The Longevity Scam

Their Mutated Genes Were Supposed to Be Harmless

This Is How a Child Dies of Measles

How America Got So Sick

The Only Thing That Will Turn Measles Back

T-Maxxing Has Gone Too Far

A Different Type of ‘Muscle Memory’

The Best Flu Drug Americans Aren’t Taking