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The number of uninsured Americans is about to jump dramatically for the first time in years

Starting April 1, states will begin removing millions of people off Medicaid’s rolls as a pandemic-era program that kept them enrolled expires.

By Dylan Scott

What is Narcan? The opioid overdose spray, explained.

The FDA’s approval of the first over-the-counter nasal spray against opioid overdose is a good step. But much more needs to be done to fight the opioid crisis.

By Dylan Scott

Why don’t we have vaccines for fungal infections?

By Keren Landman March 24

How the US can stop the spread of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus

By Nicole Narea March 23

Why the news is so negative — and what we can do about it

By Dylan Matthews March 22

Why the dyslexic brain is misunderstood

By Ranjani Chakraborty March 21

The gas stove wars are far from over

By Rebecca Leber March 21

The doomers are wrong about humanity’s future — and its past

By Bryan Walsh March 20

The key to Covid’s origin lies in Beijing, not Wuhan

By Bryan Walsh March 18

Why 70 percent of the world’s maternal deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa

By Rachel DuRose March 17

Ozempic is a game-changer. Here’s how it works.

By Coleman Lowndes March 14

The knowns — and known unknowns — of long Covid, explained

By Dylan Scott March 13

The Covid mask wars have left us unprepared for the next pandemic

By Kelsey Piper March 10

SNAP boosts kept millions out of poverty during Covid. Now they’re gone.

By Ellen Ioanes March 4

We can overcome vaccine hesitancy. Just look at the HPV shot.

By Rachel DuRose March 4

Why it’s so hard to get answers on long Covid

By Keren Landman March 4

The campaign to make insulin less expensive just scored a major victory

By Dylan Scott March 1

The FBI and Energy Department think Covid-19 came from a lab. Now what?

By Umair Irfan March 1

Why kids don’t get as cold as adults do

By Edward Vega February 28

The pay gap between hospital CEOs and nurses is expanding even faster than we thought

By Dylan Scott February 24

Nobody knows what the point of homework is

By Jacob Sweet February 23

The new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you think

By Kelsey Piper February 22

Conservatives’ war on emotions in the classroom

By Fabiola Cineas February 22

America’s after-school afterthought

By Rachel M. Cohen February 21

Yes, the Ohio train wreck is an environmental disaster. No, it’s not Chernobyl.

By Benji Jones February 18

How bad of a norovirus wave is the US in for?

By Keren Landman February 17

John Fetterman is openly discussing his treatment for depression. Few politicians do.

By Li Zhou February 16

Nobody but your doctor should know your menstrual history

By Keren Landman February 10

The forgotten victims of the Adderall shortage

By Sara Morrison February 10

It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health

By Umair Irfan February 9

Insulin is way too expensive. California has a solution: Make its own.

By Dylan Scott February 7

Obesity in the age of Ozempic

By Julia Belluz February 7

Can you get bird flu?

By Keren Landman and Benji Jones February 6

Biden is ending the Covid public health emergency. Here’s what that means for you.

By Dylan Scott February 1

What can the world learn from China’s “zero-Covid” lockdown?

By Rachel DuRose January 31

Believe it or not, we are not going to be sick forever

By Dylan Scott January 27

Were bivalent boosters worth it?

By Keren Landman January 20

Operation Warp Speed was a huge success. So why is the US turning away from it?

By Kelsey Piper January 18

Congress’s bipartisan deal to spend billions more fighting HIV and malaria abroad

By Dylan Matthews January 13

A worrisome trend in American hospitals is hurting poor patients

By Dylan Scott January 13

How the latest Covid-19 variant is shaping the course of the pandemic

By Umair Irfan January 6

Why we can’t turn off the NFL

By Dylan Scott January 5