Science of Us

power 11/9/2023
Maya Kowalski’s $211 Million Verdict A Florida jury found Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg liable on all counts, including contributing to her mother’s suicide.
By Dyan Neary

health 11/28/2023
What to Know About Zepbound The diabetes drug Mounjaro has now been approved for weight loss.
By Bindu Bansinath

health 11/24/2023
The Truth Behind All That Cortisol Talk If you learned about — and then obsessed over — high cortisol with Dr. TikTok, it’s time for a reality check.
By Annaliese Griffin

health 11/9/2023
What Happened to Maya Kowalski When a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it?
By Dyan Neary

culture 11/6/2023
Erewhon’s Secrets Japanese utopians. Corporate glow-ups. $400 smoothies. The strange history of the world’s most cultish grocery store.
By Kerry Howley

maternal health 11/1/2023
The U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Rose for the First Time in 20 Years Some experts point to vanishing access to reproductive care in explaining the trend.
By Tariro Mzezewa

health 10/27/2023
Prenuvo Wants to Put Your Mind at Ease Some patients say the $2,500 full-body MRI does anything but.
By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

health 10/23/2023
The Best Period Products for Trans Men and Nonbinary People From leakproof boxers to menstrual cups you’ll forget you’re wearing.
By Rhea Ewing

israel-hamas war 10/20/2023
The Health Crisis Facing Women and Children in Gaza Researcher Yara Asi on how cutting off humanitarian aid affects the territory’s most vulnerable.
By Danielle Cohen

health 10/20/2023
How to Safely Skip Your Period These are the methods a doctor recommends.
By Julia Craven
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