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The global epidemic of death by cars


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The story of global health over the last few centuries has generally been one of great progress — vastly longer lifespans, far fewer women dying in childbirth, many fewer children dying from miserable diseases like measles and smallpox. But there is one often overlooked feature of modernity that has brought a new and enormous degree of […]



This animal kills 100,000 people a year. Why can’t we stop it?


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There are few animals humans fear more than sharks. This is understandable: Sharks are big, dramatic creatures that have been permanently lodged in our culture as underwater killers since Jaws. They also kill about six people in a given year. Snakes, on the other hand, kill roughly 100,000. After mosquitoes, which spread diseases like malaria, […]


An HIV-free generation is closer than you think


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Ismail Harerimana grew up in Uganda not knowing why he was always sick. His childhood in the 1990s was a string of recurrent infections: malaria, diarrhea, headaches, and skin rashes. By 14, he was scarily thin, at which point doctors put him on a new medication that seemed to help. It was for kidney disease, […]





We’re asking the wrong question about the hantavirus outbreak


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Should you be worried about the hantavirus outbreak? Should you be afraid? Should you be panicking? Should you start freaking out? If you’ve been following the coverage of the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, these are the questions you’ve seen posed in headlines. And a small tip from inside the media: If […]


Don’t freak out about hantavirus


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Eighteen Americans are now back in the United States after being stuck on a cruise ship that was stricken with an outbreak of hantavirus. That cruise seems a strong contender for among the worst in history — the passengers became stuck early last month, when a handful became sick. Since then, three passengers have died […]


Flavored vapes doomed Trump’s FDA head


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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is out of a job. What happened? Makary, who led the federal agency in charge of regulating drugs, […]


Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid


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Almost as soon as the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius became international news, public health experts rushed to assuage the public: This is not Covid-19. Don’t worry — this is a virus that requires “close contact” to spread. The risk of a pandemic is quite low. But if this apparent certainty from […]


MAHA Keeps Being Weird as Hell About Fertility


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RFK Jr. and Mehmet Oz’s comments about teen sperm count and “underbabied” Americans at a recent women’s health event underscore the White House’s pronatalist agenda.



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