Is your makeup making you sick?
I’ve been getting my hair braided ever since I was a little girl. In elementary school my Moesha obsession meant ...
Tag: Health
The surprisingly strong case for feeling great about your coffee habit
There are few news subjects more reliably depressing than nutritional science.A glance at the headlines will tell you that sugar ...
How worried should I be about hantavirus?
We’re making this story accessible to all readers as a public service. Support our journalism by becoming a member today.The ...
The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic
It’s hard to imagine modern life without glycols. They are used in cosmetics, fog machines, and food. As you read ...
Do health influencers actually know what they’re talking about?
A generation or two ago, when you had a medical question, the solution was obvious: Ask your doctor.But these days, ...
Falling birth rates don’t have to be a crisis
Let’s face it: Another baby boom isn’t coming anytime soon.The latest round of US birth data, released earlier this month ...
Some deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapy
In a lab room, a toddler, deaf from birth, sits while a tone plays. There’s no reaction. His face does ...
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a highly ...
Please don’t inject yourself with bootleg peptides
Peptides seem to be everywhere — and there are more on the way. Adherents promise these tiny chains of amino ...
The alcohol crisis quietly hitting high-stress, “high-status” workers
Alcohol use in the United States has reached historic lows. That’s good news for the public’s health. A 2024 study ...
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