Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

September 2, 2026

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Health

Cyclosporiasis Is Solved! Right?

Nicholas Florko

July 17, 2026

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Health

America’s Homegrown-Parasite Problem

Nicholas Florko

July 11, 2026

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Planet

The Thinking About Kids and Heat Has Flipped

Daniel Engber

July 11, 2026

Ideas

What the Trump Administration Needs to Do to Contain the Ebola Outbreak

Stephanie Psaki, Beth Cameron, and Jon Finer

May 22, 2026

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Health

RFK Jr.’s New Normal

Tom Bartlett

April 16, 2026

Health

HHS Officials’ Year in Purgatory Is Ending

Katherine J. Wu

March 31, 2026

Health

MAHA Has Been Given an Impossible Task

Tom Bartlett

March 30, 2026

Health

RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC

Tom Bartlett

March 25, 2026

A color photo of RFK Jr. in a suit, in a wood-paneled room, surrounded by other people in suits and lit dramatically by a camera flash

Health

A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory

Katherine J. Wu

March 18, 2026

Ideas

Gullible, Cynical America

Adam Serwer

March 9, 2026

A photo collage in purple and yellow depicting a cow, RFK Jr., a hand holding a vial, and other images

Health

Jay Bhattacharya Might Get His COVID Capstone

Katherine J. Wu

March 5, 2026

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

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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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Ideas

The Republicans Made Peace With Science

Alexander Furnas and Dashun Wang

February 17, 2026

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Health

How America Got So Sick

Vann R. Newkirk II

March 2026 Issue

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The Atlantic Daily

America Is Losing the Facts That Hold It Together

David A. Graham

February 5, 2026

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

Ideas

A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good

Keith Humphreys and Jonathan Caulkins

February 2, 2026

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Health

Polio Was That Bad

Tom Bartlett

January 28, 2026

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Health

South Carolina Is America’s New Measles Norm

Katherine J. Wu

January 27, 2026

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Health

The Two Sides of America’s Health Secretary

Nicholas Florko

January 7, 2026

Humor

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus

Alexandra Petri

January 7, 2026

Health

RFK Jr.’s Next Move Is What Anti-Vaxxers Have Been Waiting For

Tom Bartlett

January 6, 2026

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Health

Rotavirus Could Come Roaring Back—Very Soon

Katherine J. Wu

January 5, 2026

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Family

Life for 30-Somethings Is Getting More Stressful

Faith Hill

December 8, 2025

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Health

Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots

Benjamin Mazer

December 8, 2025

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Health

The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone

Tom Bartlett

December 5, 2025

Robert Malone speaks at the December 4 meeting of the CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices.

Press Room

The Atlantic’s January Cover: Michael Scherer Profiles Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ‘The Most Powerful Man in Science’

November 23, 2025

Health

Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?

Benjamin Mazer

November 21, 2025

a black and white photograph of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking into a microphone

Health

The CDC’s Website Is Anti-Vaccine Now

Tom Bartlett

November 20, 2025

Photograph of a person in a white lab coat holding a tray of syringes on blue paper

Health

RFK Jr.’s Cheer Squad Is Getting Restless

Tom Bartlett

November 15, 2025

Health

You’re Fired. Just Kidding!

Tom Bartlett

October 13, 2025

The Atlantic Daily

RFK Jr.’s Obsession With the Past

Will Gottsegen

September 26, 2025

Sections

The Print Edition

The Truth About American Food Safety

Cyclosporiasis Is Solved! Right?

America’s Homegrown-Parasite Problem

The Thinking About Kids and Heat Has Flipped

What the Trump Administration Needs to Do to Contain the Ebola Outbreak

RFK Jr.’s New Normal

HHS Officials’ Year in Purgatory Is Ending

MAHA Has Been Given an Impossible Task

RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC

A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory

Gullible, Cynical America

Jay Bhattacharya Might Get His COVID Capstone

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 Republicans Made Peace With Science

How America Got So Sick

America Is Losing the Facts That Hold It Together

The Only Thing That Will Turn Measles Back

A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good

Polio Was That Bad

South Carolina Is America’s New Measles Norm

The Two Sides of America’s Health Secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus

RFK Jr.’s Next Move Is What Anti-Vaxxers Have Been Waiting For

Rotavirus Could Come Roaring Back—Very Soon

Life for 30-Somethings Is Getting More Stressful

Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots

The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone

The Atlantic’s January Cover: Michael Scherer Profiles Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ‘The Most Powerful Man in Science’

Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?

The CDC’s Website Is Anti-Vaccine Now

RFK Jr.’s Cheer Squad Is Getting Restless

You’re Fired. Just Kidding!

RFK Jr.’s Obsession With the Past