When Mary-Claire King discovered the first gene linked to hereditary breast cancer in 1990, she also got to decide its name. She settled on…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to be the next secretary of Health and Human Services, is America’s most prominent vaccine skeptic. An advocacy…
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When I was teaching indoor cycling every week, an unexpected benefit of the gig was free ice cream. One of the class regulars had…
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The last time I sweated through my shirt, I vowed that it would never happen again. Sweat shame had dogged me for too many…
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When I was taking German in college in the early years of this millennium, I once stumbled upon a word that appeared foreign even…
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A person who is “on the couch” is known to be in therapy, but most therapists these days don’t ask their clients to lie…
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Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s improbable nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, actually such a crank? Short answer: yes. But…
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The news came four years ago, at the end of a casual phone call. Bill’s family had always thought it was a freak coincidence…
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The reelection of Donald Trump might seem like doomsday for America’s public-health agencies. The president-elect has vowed to dismantle the federal bureaucracy.Robert F. Kennedy…
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Americans don’t typically have a reason to think about the fluoride in their water, but this is not a typical week. Robert F. Kennedy…
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