The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
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Facebook Enables Extremist Views. Should I Quit and Risk Losing My Friends There?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when you’re conflicted about using an service you may rely on.
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When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical
New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a placebo. But not all studies can be designed this way.
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What Has All This Restaurant Food Done to My Gut?
Worried about the health hazards of my work as a critic, I tried a gastrointestinal testing service. The results offer insights for frequent diners.
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9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.
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Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine
With new testing requirements, it’s not even clear how new Covid or flu shots can be made available this fall.
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How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff
The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its origin story.
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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
Something was very wrong with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon’s baby. The doctors speculated. Maybe it was meningitis? Maybe sepsis? They got an answer when KJ was only a week old. He had a rare genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency, that affects just one in 1.3 …
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Trump Budget Cuts Hobble Antismoking Programs
Students at Wyoming East High School in West Virginia’s coal country had different reasons for joining Raze, a state program meant to raise awareness about the health risks of tobacco and e-cigarettes. Cayden Oliver, 17, grew up around generations of …
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