For many Americans, wearing a mask has become a relic. But fighting about masks, it seems, has not. Masking has...

In the early spring of 2020, the condition we now call long COVID didn’t have a name, much less a...

I grew up in a nonstick-pan home. No matter what was on the menu, my dad would reach for the...

A few weeks ago, a three-inch square of plastic and metal began, slowly and steadily, to upend my life. The...

The world has just seen the largest vaccination campaign in history. At least 13 billion COVID shots have been administered—more...

For decades now, gay men have been barred from giving blood. In 2015, what had been a lifetime ban was...

Stephen B. Thomas, the director of the Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland, considers himself an eternal...

When it comes to treating disease with food, the quackery stretches back far. Through the centuries, raw garlic has been...

If you’ve ever been to London, you know that navigating its wobbly grid, riddled with curves and dead-end streets, requires...

These days, strolling through downtown New York City, where I live, is like picking your way through the aftermath of...