The Stories From Room 140
Guatemalan migrants describe what they endured before and after asking for asylum in the United States.
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Alastair Grant / AP Photo The AI That Could Help Curb Youth Suicide
For many reasons, parents and teachers may fail to intervene when they spot LGBTQ teens in trouble. Can Google help?
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Tianhua Mao / Spectrum Some Parents Are Feeding Parasites to Their Kids With Autism
Evidence connecting the condition to the human microbiome is growing stronger. Could swallowing tapeworms really help?
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Joe McKendry Your Brain on Smog
A very short book excerpt
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Thinkstock Images / Getty Why Americans Just Can’t Quit Their Microwaves
The quest for a quick dinner fix is eternal.
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‘1 Million Americans Will Be Shot in the Next Decade’
Trauma surgeons describe gun violence as a public-health crisis.
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David Gray / Reuters The Reason Anxious People Often Have Allergies
There might be a hidden link between seasonal sniffles and mood disorders.
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The Horrors of ICE’s ‘Trans Pod’
A woman who spent two months in solitary confinement in a “transgender pod” tells her story.
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Regis Duvignau / Reuters The Discouraging Way Doctors Are Just Like Their Patients
Even the best-informed patients—physicians—don’t always follow medical advice when it comes to their own treatment.
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Edmon De Haro What the Measles Epidemic Really Says About America
The return of a vanquished disease reflects historical amnesia, declining faith in institutions, and a troubling lack of concern for the public good.
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Bogardus / Schlesinger Library / The Atlantic The Pioneering Female Doctor Who Argued Against Rest
Physicians once advised menstruating women against mental exertion, fearing it would ravage their health.
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Jo McRyan / Getty America Has Reached Peak Mask
In only a few years, the country’s beauty market has completely transformed.
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Han Haidan / CNSPHOTO / VCG via Getty China Is Leading the Next Step in Fighting Malaria in Africa
The effort would not only ease the disease’s massive burden on Kenya’s health system, but also help change the perception in Africa that Chinese-made goods and medicine are of poor quality.
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yurakrasil / Shutterstock Acne’s Wonder Drug Is a Mental-Health Puzzle
Accutane is already controversial for its possible links to depression. It could also have a range of other effects.
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Klaus Vedfeldt / Getty How Americans Decided Dogs Can’t Eat Grains
A new warning about dog food underscores a problem with certain diets that goes beyond pets.
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Virojt Changyencham / Getty How to Speak to Someone Who’s Suffering
A cancer patient wants the world to understand that bad things can happen to good people.
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John Minchillo / AP Suicide Isn’t Just a Personal Issue
The U.S. has a long history of misunderstanding mental-health struggles.
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Mark Wieland / Getty Teens Are Probably Drinking Too Much Caffeine
Products like Red Bull have sent thousands of adolescents to the emergency room. The people who market them insist they don’t need to be regulated.
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Nora Carol Photography / Getty / The Atlantic Corporations’ Social Crusades Often Leave Out Workers
All the good PR in the world won’t raise wages or improve benefits for a company’s employees.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters A Radical Way to Stop Heroin Overdoses
In a nationwide first, New Jersey will allow paramedics to initiate buprenorphine, a medication that can treat opioid addiction.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Biden’s Odd Slip of the Tongue
On the second night of the Democratic debates, the former vice president suggested, puzzlingly, that he would jail insurance executives.
