What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain
Excessive use of the drug can make anyone feel like they rule the world.
COVID-19: Five Years Later
America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease
Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19.
RFK Jr. Has Already Broken His Vaccine Promise
The health secretary is quietly undermining America’s vaccination infrastructure.
The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’
The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.
A Great Way to Get Americans to Eat Worse
President Trump’s tariffs are poised to make fruits and vegetables even more expensive.
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
A visit with a family in mourning
America Is Botching Measles
Vaccination is the only way to prevent measles infection, a fact the Trump administration has downplayed.
At the NIH, Intolerance Will No Longer Be Tolerated
Jay Bhattacharya has spent years railing against the National Institutes of Health. What happens when he runs it?
The Health Official Who Just Might Stand Up to RFK Jr.
Marty Makary could have an impossible job as FDA commissioner.
One Potential Benefit of RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against Outside Influence
Reforming the way Medicare pays doctors
RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles
Contrary to what the health secretary says, the outbreak of disease in Texas is, in fact, unusual.
Trump’s Cheat Code for Thinning Out the Health Agencies
It’s not just layoffs that are leading to a brain drain.
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
The Problem With Optimism in a Crisis
If you’re alarmed by Donald Trump’s hoarding of executive power and efforts to dismantle the federal government, then maybe you should be.
Grad School Is in Trouble
The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat
COVID Broke the Rules of Virus Evolution
Why did this coronavirus change faster than scientists expected?
Spared by DOGE—For Now
America’s first line of defense against public-health threats is hanging in the balance.
The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.
The Coming Democratic Baby Bust
Birth rates on the left fell in the last Trump presidency. That seems likely to happen again.
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
The House Where 28,000 Records Burned
Charlie Springer spent a lifetime building his music collection. The Los Angeles fires incinerated it.
The Scientific Literature Can’t Save You Now
You can cite peer-reviewed research in support of almost any claim, no matter how absurd.