disease

November 19, 2024

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Health

Genetic Discrimination Is Coming for Us All

Kristen V. Brown

November 12, 2024

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Health

America Has an Onion Problem

Nicholas Florko

November 7, 2024

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Health

A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work

Sarah Zhang

November 4, 2024

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Health

The Dilemma at the Center of McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak

Yasmin Tayag

October 24, 2024

Ideas

Why People Itch, and How to Stop It

Annie Lowrey

October 23, 2024

Technology

The AI Boom Has an Expiration Date

Matteo Wong

October 17, 2024

Book Review

A Radical Vision of the Sick Body

Rhian Sasseen

October 14, 2024

Health

Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them

Roxanne Khamsi

September 20, 2024

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Books

The Nearly Impossible Task of Describing Pain

Walt Hunter

September 3, 2024

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Science

The New Calculus of Summer Workouts

Katherine J. Wu

June 18, 2024

Planet

The Koala Paradox

Katherine J. Wu

July/August 2024 Issue

photo of koala in leafy tree clinging to wooden ladder

Health

Why Extreme Syphilis Symptoms Are Showing Up Now

Rachel E. Gross

June 2, 2024

Science

Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure

Katherine J. Wu

May 19, 2024

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Books Briefing

The ‘Lurid Metaphors’ of Illness

Gal Beckerman

May 10, 2024

Science

Against Sunscreen Absolutism

Rowan Jacobsen

June 2024 Issue

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Health

Who Really Has Brain Worms?

Katherine J. Wu

May 8, 2024

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Books

Hypochondria Never Dies

Meghan O’Rourke

June 2024 Issue

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Science

Medieval Pets Had One of Humanity’s Most Cursed Diseases

Katherine J. Wu

May 3, 2024

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The Atlantic Daily

How Bird Flu Is Shaping People’s Lives

Lora Kelley

April 24, 2024

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Health

The Bone-Marrow-Transplant Revolution

Sarah Zhang

April 18, 2024

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Health

What Happens When You’ve Been on Ozempic for 20 Years?

Gary Taubes

April 15, 2024

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Dear Therapist

Dear Therapist: I Miss Having Sex

Lori Gottlieb

February 26, 2024

Health

Plenty of People Could Quit Therapy Right Now

Richard A. Friedman

February 5, 2024

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Science

Deer Are Beta-Testing a Nightmare Disease

Katherine J. Wu

February 1, 2024

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Health

We Got Lucky With the Mystery Dog Illness

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 7, 2024

A sad big eyed dog infected with parvovirus

Science

An Incurable Disease Is Coming for Deer

Erika Howsare

December 30, 2023

Health

Winter Illness This Year Is a Different Kind of Ugly

Katherine J. Wu

December 19, 2023

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Actually Capture What Sickness Is Like

B. D. McClay

December 18, 2023

Science

A Big Misconception About the World’s Greatest Infectious Killer

Katherine J. Wu

December 15, 2023

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Health

We’re Living the Reality of the Pandemic’s Simplest Math

Katherine J. Wu

November 30, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

A Breakthrough in Gene Editing

Lora Kelley

November 28, 2023

an image of blood cells in normal state (left) and with sickle cell disease (right)

Health

The CRISPR Era Is Here

Sarah Zhang

November 27, 2023

The Wonder Reader

What Really Happens When You’re Sick

Isabel Fattal

November 4, 2023

The red bulb of a glass mercury thermometer forms the face in a shrug emoji.

Health

Humans Can No Longer Ignore the Threat of Fungi

Shreya Dasgupta

September 30, 2023

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Science

One More COVID Summer?

Katherine J. Wu

July 29, 2023

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Sections

The Print Edition

Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

Genetic Discrimination Is Coming for Us All

America Has an Onion Problem

A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work

The Dilemma at the Center of McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak

Why People Itch, and How to Stop It

The AI Boom Has an Expiration Date

A Radical Vision of the Sick Body

Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them

The Nearly Impossible Task of Describing Pain

The New Calculus of Summer Workouts

The Koala Paradox

Why Extreme Syphilis Symptoms Are Showing Up Now

Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure

The ‘Lurid Metaphors’ of Illness

Against Sunscreen Absolutism

Who Really Has Brain Worms?

Hypochondria Never Dies

Medieval Pets Had One of Humanity’s Most Cursed Diseases

How Bird Flu Is Shaping People’s Lives

The Bone-Marrow-Transplant Revolution

What Happens When You’ve Been on Ozempic for 20 Years?

Dear Therapist: I Miss Having Sex

Plenty of People Could Quit Therapy Right Now

Deer Are Beta-Testing a Nightmare Disease

We Got Lucky With the Mystery Dog Illness

An Incurable Disease Is Coming for Deer

Winter Illness This Year Is a Different Kind of Ugly

Seven Books That Actually Capture What Sickness Is Like

A Big Misconception About the World’s Greatest Infectious Killer

We’re Living the Reality of the Pandemic’s Simplest Math

A Breakthrough in Gene Editing

The CRISPR Era Is Here

What Really Happens When You’re Sick

Humans Can No Longer Ignore the Threat of Fungi

One More COVID Summer?