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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.
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Joseph Marine
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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.’
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Rina Raphael
343
Poetic Justice for Jay Bhattacharya
During the pandemic, the NIH director called for a ‘takedown’ of the Stanford scientist’s ideas. Now he’s poised to run the NIH himself.
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The Editors
312
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.
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Madeleine Kearns
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The Case Against RFK Jr.
A man who asserts nonsense about vaccines and HIV should not be at the helm of Health and Human Services, writes former Harvard Medical School dean…
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Jeffrey S. Flier
83
A Simple Litmus Test for RFK Jr.’s Ideas
The media describes the new HHS chief as a conspiracy theorist. But how many of his ideas are actually used in Europe? More than you’d think.
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Vinay Prasad
327
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…
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Jill Escher
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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…
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Robert J. Davis
81
Alabama Is a Pro-Life State. So Why Is It So Hard to Give Birth There?
People in America’s Deep South don’t blame hospitals for closing their maternity wards. They blame their ‘pro-family’ politicians. ‘It’s complete…
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Olivia Reingold
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I Spent 13 Years Living as a Man. But After My Spouse’s Exposé, I’m Detransitioning.
When Jamie Reed revealed the dangers of gender-affirming care for minors, I felt threatened. That’s because she was right.
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Roxxanne “Tiger” Reed
383
Hospital Reviews Gender Care After Therapist Blows the Whistle
Tamara Pietzke told The Free Press that reading the memo made her ‘want to weep with relief that my voice mattered.’
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Frannie Block
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She Was 29. And Doctors Helped Her Die.
I told Zoraya ter Beek I understood her suffering, but hoped she would decide to live.
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Rupa Subramanya
316
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