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  1. coronavirus
    Our Health-Care System Is Killing PeopleA heavily privatized system is no match for a major public-health crisis like the novel coronavirus.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. just asking questions
    Is ‘Viral Load’ Why Some People Get a Mild Case of COVID-19?A medical biologist on why the coronavirus might leave some hospitalized and others unaffected.
    By James D. Walsh
  3. coronavirus
    Sick Worker Says UPS ‘Puts Profits Over People’Warehouse workers and delivery drivers are carrying the American economy on their backs. Are they getting the working conditions they deserve?
    By Sarah Jones
  4. coronavirus
    ‘I Feel Like the Safeguards Have Failed’: A Q&A With a Nurse on the Front LinesA nurse tells us that when she tried to quarantine herself, her bosses told her to come to work anyway.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. coronavirus
    A Frank Talk About Testing, Vaccines, and Twitter TrollsUnpacking coronavirus with infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell.
    By Irin Carmon
  6. coronavirus
    For Some Diabetes Patients, the Coronavirus May Turn a Crisis Into an EmergencyThe cost of insulin already forces some people with diabetes to ration their medicine. What will they do during a pandemic?
    By Sarah Jones
  7. coronavirus
    Come On, You Live in a SocietyBelieve it or not, your actions affect other people.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. coronavirus
    As Coronavirus Panic Spreads, So Do the ScamsSorry, but essential oils, vitamins, and “nano-silver” aren’t going to protect you from COVID-19.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. coronavirus
    First Coronavirus Case Confirmed in New YorkGovernor Cuomo stated that a woman who traveled to Iran tested positive for Covid-19 and is “isolated in her home,” which is reportedly in Manhattan.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. coronavirus
    Whistle-blower: U.S. Health Workers Treated Coronavirus Without Proper TrainingA Health and Human Services official states that health workers who handled quarantined patients did so without “proper training or protective gear.”
    By Matt Stieb
  11. life after warming
    What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Climate ChangeAdaptation is not enough.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  12. coronavirus
    Trump Asks Congress for $2.5 Billion to Fight CoronavirusA former Health and Human Services official said that number would need to be about five times larger for it to make a serious impact.
    By Matt Stieb
  13. coronavirus
    Why Trump’s Coronavirus Response Continues to Cause ConcernsWith a pandemic looming, there are signs the Trump administration is improvising much of its strategy as it faces what may be its biggest crisis yet.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  14. coronavirus
    Everything We Know About the Coronavirus EpidemicThe death toll has passed 2,000, and there are about 75,000 reported cases worldwide.
    By Hannah Gold and Claire Lampen
  15. coronavirus
    Head of WHO: We May Only Be Seeing the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ of CoronavirusTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “we may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg” of coronavirus, which has killed 908 in China.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. coronavirus
    Chinese Doctor Who Warned the World of Coronavirus Has Died From the OutbreakDr. Li Wenliang, who first raised concerns of a health emergency in Wuhan, died at 34 after contracting coronavirus while treating patients.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. public health
    Who Thought Sucking on a Battery Was a Good Idea?Millions of Americans, some of them teens who never would’ve picked up a cigarette, are vaping. Last year’s panic might be the least of our worries.
    By Stephen S. Hall
  18. public health
    How Worried Should We Be About Coronavirus?Talking to a virologist about the flu, face masks and the danger in circulating research based on a handful of cases.
    By James D. Walsh
  19. coronavirus
    State Dept. Issues ‘Do Not Travel’ to China Warning Amid Coronavirus OutbreakState raised its advisory for China to its highest level, and urged Americans in China to depart to avoid potential exposure to Wuhan coronavirus.
    By Matt Stieb
  20. coronavirus
    Watch: China Is Speed-Building a Huge Coronavirus Hospital in 6 DaysAs the virus’s death toll rises in Wuhan and other cities, a second case has been reported in America.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. politics
    We Deserve a Better Debate Over Medicare For AllThe case for the policy is a moral one.
    By Sarah Jones
  22. politics
    Will the 2020s Be the Decade of Eugenics?We think of eugenics as a sin of the past, but it never really went away.
    By Sarah Jones
  23. politics
    People Are Losing Loved Ones to a Health-Care System That Doesn’t WorkA new Gallup poll shows deep inequities in the American health-care system.
    By Sarah Jones
  24. self
    Peloton Is Spinning Faster Than EverThe company may have unwittingly created a fitness cult, but their business model is a little more complicated.
    By Amy Larocca
  25. vaping
    Trump’s FDA Plans to Ban Flavored E-CigarettesThe White House responds to a surge in teen vaping.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. health
    Measles for the One PercentVaccines, Waldorf schools, and the problem with liberal Luddites.
    By Lisa Miller
  27. feature
    How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?“Incels” are going under the knife to reshape their faces, and their dating prospects.
    By Alice Hines
  28. maternal mortality
    There’s a Problem With Elizabeth Warren’s Maternal Mortality PlanTaking money away from low-performing hospitals could harm the patients she wants to help.
    By Sarah Jones
  29. political science
    Trump’s EPA Is Risking the Health of a Generation of American ChildrenThere’s a debate on kids’ health happening at the agency — without the scientists.
    By Stephen S. Hall
  30. abortion rights
    Maybe the Only Way to Know What’s Wrong With Abortion in America Is to Have OneExperience showed me how much I didn’t know.
    By Nona Willis Aronowitz
  31. politics
    Congress Is Giving the Coal Industry a Break, and Sick Miners May Pay the PriceIf Congress doesn’t act by the end of the month, the coal industry will get a tax reduction, slashing funding for miners suffering from black lung.
    By Sarah Jones
  32. global tech
    Solar-Powered Fridges Can Help Stop EpidemicsMuch of the world doesn’t have access to vaccines for one solvable reason: transportation logistics.
    By Christine Ro
  33. social media
    The Thing I Most Crave on Social Media Is an EndingOnline, these days, the feeling of coming to the end of a feed is so rare, so elusive, that encountering it anywhere is immensely satisfying.
    By Cody Brown
  34. global tech
    Fake Pills, Long Waits: Start-ups Trying to Improve Health Care Around the WorldRural communities around the world face problems getting access to treatment. These companies think they can close the gaps.
    By Dan Nosowitz
  35. keep it like a fatsecret
    This Is Hands Down the Best Calorie Counter App, Except for Its NameWhat’s in a name? Quite a bit, it turns out.
    By Jake Swearingen
  36. global tech
    Pregnant Women Can’t Easily Get Checkups in Rural India. This App Helps.SaveMom is a new wearable app that helps expectant mothers in rural areas keep track of their and their baby’s health when doctors are far away.
    By Dan Nosowitz
  37. President’s Medical Report Was Actually Written by Dr. Donald TrumpDr. Harold Bornstein reveals that the then-candidate dictated the infamous letter claiming he would be the “healthiest individual” ever elected.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. 16 Babies Have Been Born With Zika-Related Birth Defects in New York CityIt represents about a quarter of all babies with birth defects related to Zika in the entire United States.
    By Jen Kirby
  39. Sleep Pods Are Making Their Way to the U.S.VIDEO: For those who apparently can’t wait until they get home to take a nap.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt
  40. A Competitor to the EpiPen Will Go Back on the Market in 2017Will it affect the price of the anti-allergy drug?
    By Jen Kirby
  41. Clinton’s Health Is Not a ‘Real Issue’ Because No Sane Person Would Vote on ItLet’s say Clinton is secretly gravely ill. Who, exactly, would change their vote based on that information?
    By Eric Levitz
  42. This High-Tech Water Bed Makes You Feel Like You’re Floating’70s bachelor pad decor makes a souped-up comeback.
    By Adam Banicki and Cait Munro
  43. ewww
    Tapeworms Can Give Us Cancer, CDC SaysThe agency just confirmed its first case of worm-caused tumors.
    By Elaine Godfrey
  44. 2016 gop primary debate
    Ben Carson’s ‘Total Propaganda’Carson denied he had a “relationship” with Mannatech. But he’s on record saying their vitamins helped cure his prostate cancer.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. very good things
    Ebola Survivor Dr. Craig Spencer Returns to Visit the Hospital That Saved HimHe even went back to Guinea earlier this year.
    By Ben Ellman
  46. American Cancer Society Overhauls Its Breast-Cancer-Screening AdviceThe organization says most women can wait until 45 to start getting annual mammograms.
    By Elaine Godfrey
  47. 3 Terminally Ill New Yorkers Lose Right-to-Die Court CaseThree patients seek to end their lives on their terms.
    By Ben Ellman
  48. Odom Reportedly Suffered Brain Damage, StrokeHe remains on life support.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. the sports section
    Did a Controversial Stem-Cell Treatment Save Gordie Howe?His family believes so. But they can’t agree on how much of their father belongs to a public who still wants a piece of him.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  50. bad medicine
    Dr. Oz Stands Up for First Amendment Right to Promote False Health Claims“We will not be silenced, we will not give in,” he declares.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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