Tag: health

Columns

Failure to Rescue

Jess McAllen

March 20, 2025

A conversation with James Kelly.

Sick, Sad World

Kristen Martin

March 11, 2025

The life cycle of diseases depend on the political order of things.

Science Will Not Save Us

Nima Bassiri

February 13, 2025

RFK Jr. and the perils of anti-anti-science.

Masks Off

Jess McAllen

November 20, 2024

The push to criminalize face coverings puts everyone at risk.

Taking T for Jesus

Maud Newton

August 21, 2024

Sometimes you just need a little help to perform your God-given gender more perfectly.

Value Judgment

Jess McAllen

July 25, 2024

“Value-based care” is good for the bottom line—but bad for patients.

Diagnosis: Burnout

Jess McAllen

May 10, 2024

Three doctors reflect on the state of the health care industry.

The Sick Proletariat

Jess McAllen

December 05, 2022

Our health care system needs a radical fix.

The Fifth Shot

Rafia Zakaria

April 29, 2022

For people with compromised immune systems, the pandemic is not over.

Nuding Out

Daniela Blei

July 29, 2021

In 1926, a crusade swept across Europe. In Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and even stodgy England, some three million Europeans had reportedly dropped their drawers and flocked to a “nudity cult,” leading Popular Science Monthly to ask of its American readers: “Do We Wear ...

Out for Blood

Benjamin Weil

June 25, 2020

On bids to reform blood donation policy for men who have sex with men.

The Autopsy Lessons

Rafia Zakaria

May 01, 2020

In the eyes of scientists, the virus isn't really "invisible."