A Plane Quarantine in New York Started Out Like a Sci-Fi Nightmare
100 supposedly sick passengers ended up only being 10. But the story tapped into potent fears about flying.
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Katherine Lam / Spectrum Autism Can Mask the Warning Signs of Suicide
The same communication difficulties that isolate some people on the spectrum may also obscure concerning behaviors.
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Bettmann / Getty / The Atlantic The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her. But the Media Is Starting To.
Physicians have long dismissed or downplayed women's sexual- and reproductive-health concerns—but in 2018, stories about "health-care gaslighting" are consistently breaking through to the mainstream.
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Matt Rourke / AP A Toxic Substance Has Been Found in Crayons Again
A recent detection of asbestos highlights the challenge of keeping products for kids safe online.
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Andreas Stamm / Getty Pizza Doesn't Give You Acne—But What About Sugar?
While fad diets won’t help with your pimples, cutting back on sweets might.
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Alexander Wells The Viral Video Star Behind the Fitness Fad That May Replace CrossFit
Ido Portal teaches famous athletes how to use their bodies in entirely new ways. But is it all snake oil?
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Rubberball / Getty Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks If Treated by Female Doctors
And male doctors do better when they have more female colleagues.
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FBI / AP / James Marshall / Evening ... How Racism Gave Rise to Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment
Black Panthers and other activists brought the ancient Chinese practice into addiction medicine in New York in the 1970s. Despite a lack of firm evidence, it’s still popular in some communities.
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Bettmann / Getty Why Doctors Should Read Fiction
Could a simple literary exercise make physicians more caring?
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Phil Noble / Reuters Big Pharma Would Like Your DNA
23andMe’s $300 million deal with GlaxoSmithKline is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Jorge Silva / Reuters Why Did 11 Babies Die in a Generic Viagra Trial?
On the many attempts to repurpose a drug best known for treating erectile dysfunction
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Reuters The Deleted WeChat Post That Fueled China's Vaccine Scandal
It alleged a complex web of corruption going back decades.
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Secrets to a 90-Year Marriage
Karam and Kartari Chand are believed to have been in the world’s longest marriage.
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Chlophoto / Shutterstock The Frightening Link Between Beef Jerky and Bipolar Mania
In humans and rats, eating cured meats might induce manic episodes.
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Graham Beards / Wikimedia How Viruses Cooperate to Defeat CRISPR
Some weaken their hosts’ immune systems by sacrificing themselves in kamikaze fashion, paving the way for successful infections later.
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Ciro De Luca / Reuters The Vindication of Cheese, Butter, and Full-Fat Milk
A new study exonerates dairy fats as a cause of early death, even as low-fat products continue to be misperceived as healthier.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Illegal Abortion Will Mean Abortion By Mail
What to expect when you’re expecting your abortifacient pill delivery
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John Hersey AI Could Make Detecting Autism Easier
Machine learning might speed up screening, but it also risks missing nuances a human clinician could catch.
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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters Why Are Obstacle-Course Races So Popular?
As marathon participation declines, more people are signing up for extreme events such as Spartan and Tough Mudder.
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Ernesto Benavides / Getty Even More Evidence for the Link Between Alzheimer’s and Herpes
Several new studies have rejuvenated a long-dismissed idea that links the common brain disease to the viral infections.
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Thanasis Zovoilis / Getty The Epic Battle Between Breast Milk and Infant-Formula Companies
When Trump administration officials opposed a WHO breast-feeding resolution, they followed a long history of policymakers listening to baby-formula manufacturers.
