health and wellness

Can drugs solve the obesity epidemic?
Needle injection.
Today's big question

Can drugs solve the obesity epidemic?

Why are American teenagers feeling hopeless?
Mental health.
Briefing

Why are American teenagers feeling hopeless?

The urgent American blood shortage, explained
Blood donation.
Briefing

The urgent American blood shortage, explained

A 'game changer' for weight loss
Ozempic injection.
Briefing

A 'game changer' for weight loss

The dangers of the Ozempic craze
Measuring tape.
Briefing

The dangers of the Ozempic craze

Did Dry January accomplish anything?
Drinking glasses.
Picture of Harold MaassHarold Maass

Did Dry January accomplish anything?

What is Blue Monday?
Blue monday.
Briefing

What is Blue Monday?

The flaw in New Year's resolutions
Resolutions.
Briefing

The flaw in New Year's resolutions

Is there a cure for a peanut allergy?
A peanut head.
Briefing

Is there a cure for a peanut allergy?

Does Canada make assisted suicide too easy?
A Canadian flag.
Briefing

Does Canada make assisted suicide too easy?

What's behind the deadly strep A outbreak?
A child at a doctor.
Briefing

What's behind the deadly strep A outbreak?

Teens in crisis
A teenager.
Briefing

Teens in crisis

How cities and states are confronting the mental health crisis
Silhouette of a person
Briefing

How cities and states are confronting the mental health crisis

How did the U.S. find itself in an Adderall shortage?
Adderall.
Briefing

How did the U.S. find itself in an Adderall shortage?

Is the flu going to be bad this year?
A thermometer.
Briefing

Is the flu going to be bad this year?

Pennsylvania's Fetterman, ableism, and NBC
John Fetterman.
Briefing

Pennsylvania's Fetterman, ableism, and NBC

Child poverty hit record low in U.S. in 2021, Census data show
Janet Yellen
It wasn't all bad

Child poverty hit record low in U.S. in 2021, Census data show

FDA approves over-the-counter hearing aids
Hearing aids
Hear this?

FDA approves over-the-counter hearing aids

The debate over banning Juul
Juul.
Grayson Quay

The debate over banning Juul

Senate Democrats blindsided by New Mexico Sen. Luján's stroke
Sen. Ben Ray Luján
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Senate Democrats blindsided by New Mexico Sen. Luján's stroke

How the last 20 years changed what Americans eat
A plant.
Kemi Ingram

How the last 20 years changed what Americans eat

The hidden danger of woo woo cranks
Dr. Oz.
Picture of Ryan CooperRyan Cooper

The hidden danger of woo woo cranks

The week's best parenting advice: November 16, 2021
A parent and child.
Parenting advice

The week's best parenting advice: November 16, 2021

Oregon hospital has plate-smashing booth for nurses stressed over Delta surge
Plate smashing booth in France
'I kept going back'

Oregon hospital has plate-smashing booth for nurses stressed over Delta surge

Even twins don't get the same results from the same diets, study finds
Meal prep.
health and wellness

Even twins don't get the same results from the same diets, study finds

Dietary supplements are bad for kids
Dietary supplements.
health and wellness

Dietary supplements are bad for kids

WHO makes first official recommendations to reduce risk of dementia
Dementia.
health and wellness

WHO makes first official recommendations to reduce risk of dementia

Transgender Americans report lower quality of life than cisgender people, study finds
Transgender Americans have poorer health.
health and wellness

Transgender Americans report lower quality of life than cisgender people, study finds

Survey finds teen vaping is on the rise
health and wellness

Survey finds teen vaping is on the rise

Arizona is finally offering health insurance to low-income kids
Kids walking
health and wellness

Arizona is finally offering health insurance to low-income kids

The Biggest Loser doesn't actually work, according to science
Surprise: reality TV does not accurately represent weight loss.
health and wellness

The Biggest Loser doesn't actually work, according to science

Soccer star Brandi Chastain just promised to donate her brain for concussion research
U.S. soccer star Brandi Chastain will donate her brain to concussion research.
health and wellness

Soccer star Brandi Chastain just promised to donate her brain for concussion research

FDA approves cap that can reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss
A cold cap.
health and wellness

FDA approves cap that can reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss

Hot dogs, bacon, and red meat are giving people cancer
Sizzling bacon
health and wellness

Hot dogs, bacon, and red meat are giving people cancer

This daily pill is the most promising preventer of HIV yet
Pharmacist pours Truvada pills into a bottle.
health and wellness

This daily pill is the most promising preventer of HIV yet