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Can MAHA Beat the Junk Food Lobby?
Obesity is rampant, but the government subsidizes soda and candy for the poor. Now there’s finally a chance to change that.
Charles Lane
Will NIH Cuts Boost Public Health—or Destroy It?
Two cancer doctors debate whether Trump’s slashing of billions to the National Institutes for Health are efficient or could endanger people's lives.
David Andorsky and Vinay Prasad
Nellie Bowles: The Triumph of the Plastic Straw
They took our straws and made us drink from mushy paper. And it was based on a 9-year-old’s bad math.
Nellie Bowles
Rep. Chip Roy: Why I’m Backing RFK Jr.
Trump’s HHS pick and I have our differences—but he understands what it will take to make America healthy again.
Chip Roy
Big Pharma Saved My Life
My wife and I are here thanks to God and the companies that develop lifesaving drugs.
Erick Erickson
Can These Moms Get RFK Jr. Confirmed?
Olivia Reingold reports on the most powerful force in American politics.
Olivia Reingold
When MAHA Forgets the Working Class
Get rid of your microwave! Quit your job! This kind of ‘health’ advice will alienate ordinary Americans.
Evan Barker
MAHA: The Unexpected Coalition of Nutritionists, Mushroom Shamans, and Moms
From plastic cutting boards to Red Dye No. 3—the movement to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ is changing the way we think about food, nutrition, and…
Bari Weiss
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WATCH: Nellie Bowles on a Mother’s Shocking Alzheimer’s Misdiagnosis
Nellie talks to Free Press writer Sean Fischer about his viral story—and asks Vinay Prasad what it says about our broken medical system.
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Donald Trump, the Smokers’ President
What one entrepreneur calls ‘the jihad from our liberal elite against nicotine’ has made smoking a conservative cause.
River Page
RFK Jr. Says Drug Addicts Need Tough Love. Is He Right?
A former heroin addict, the HHS nominee has special insight into how to solve the nation’s drug crisis. Sally Satel sorts the good ideas from the…
Sally Satel
Polio Ravaged My Family. Forget Its Horror at Your Peril.
Thanks to the miracle of the vaccine, there has not been a single indigenously acquired case of the disease in the U.S. since 1979. Could that progress…
Jana Kozlowski
How to Fix the NIH
Too many Americans are chronically ill. The new director of our National Institutes of Health has a mandate to change this.
Joseph Marine
The ‘Wild, Wild West’ of the American Egg Donor Industry
It’s sold as an easy way to make money and help others. Nobody mentions the long-term risks. ‘I never saw this coming.’
Rina Raphael
Should a Government Help People Die?
UK lawmakers claim an assisted suicide bill offers a compassionate death. But is it just a way to save money? Madeleine Kearns reports.
Madeleine Kearns
Trump, RFK, and the Autism Dilemma
Kennedy and the president-elect are asking why more kids like mine are disabled by autism. They have the power to find real answers—and it’s not due to…
Jill Escher
Diets Are Bad. Ignoring Childhood Obesity Is Even Worse.
Activists tell parents not to ‘fat shame’ an overweight child or make them go on a diet. But parents who refuse to tackle the issue are putting their…
Robert J. Davis
She Was 29. And Doctors Helped Her Die.
I told Zoraya ter Beek I understood her suffering, but hoped she would decide to live.
Rupa Subramanya
Ozempic: Magic Pill or Devil’s Bargain?
Johann Hari is half the man he was due to the weight-loss drug. He reveals how it changed the world—and how he once got fat-shamed by the Dalai Lama.
Bari Weiss
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A new series for people who don’t want plastic in their water or bugs on their plate.
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