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Is America Prepared for the Pandemic After COVID-19

WEBBiden’s $7.4 billion bolus is a welcome start—but just a start. And though his new pandemic-preparedness plan commits $6.5 billion toward strengthening the U.S. …

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Fatigue Is So Much More Than Being Tired

WEBPost-exertional malaise, or PEM, is the defining trait of ME/CFS and a common feature of long COVID. It is often portrayed as an extreme form of fatigue, but it …

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The Truth About Deinstitutionalization

WEBW hen a person has a mental-health crisis in America, it is almost always law enforcement—not a therapist, social worker, or psychiatrist—who responds to the …

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Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves

WEBThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the health-care sector has lost nearly half a million workers since February 2020. Morning Consult, a survey …

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Is Health Care a Human Right

WEBAccording to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, nearly 60 percent of Americans think it is the government’s obligation to guarantee health-care coverage. What it …

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Women in Menopause Are Getting Short Shrift

WEBAfter a decade working as an obstetrician-gynecologist, Marci Bowers thought she understood menopause. Whenever she saw a patient in her 40s or 50s, she …

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What’s the Harm in Medical Misinformation

WEBCarol argues that the stakes are high: Medical misinformation is contributing to America’s growing death toll, now passing 900,000. It’s a matter of life and death. By …

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What American Mental-Health Care Is Missing

WEBDuring my last year as director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), I was in Oregon, giving a presentation to a roomful of mental-health advocates, …

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Why California and Oregon Broke With the CDC

WEBUpdated at 2:40 p.m. ET on February 4, 2024. Recently, California surprised the public-health world by easing the state’s recommendations for asymptomatic people who test …

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The Privatization of Public Health

WEBUnquestionably, the private sector has a role to play in public health—just look at the private companies that produced the vaccines and the private hospitals that …

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Why Some Doctors Purposely Misdiagnose Patients

WEBIn fact, Lamictal can cause headaches. More than a decade later, Martinez is one of hundreds of patients who have accused Awaad of intentionally misreading their …

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Britain Is Leaving the U.S. Gender-Medicine Debate Behind

WEBProduced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. In a world without partisan politics, the Cass report on youth gender medicine would …

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Biden is winning on health care

WEBUpdated at 3:15 p.m. ET on March 29, 2024. Expanding access to health care has been a shared policy priority for Joe Biden and the former Democratic …

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How America lost sleep

WEBIn the pandemic winter of 2020, Katie, my family’s 14-year-old miniature poodle, began coughing uncontrollably. After multiple vet visits, and more than $1,000 in …

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Could Ice Cream Possibly Be Good for You

WEBYes, according to that table, men who consumed two or more servings of skim or low-fat milk a day had a 22 percent lower risk of diabetes. But so did men who …

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The Atlantic's Health Summit 2024

WEBThe Atlantic's Health Summit explores scaling tech innovation, improving to patient care & access, and curing complex diseases, amidst this revolutionary moment …

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Why Your Vet Bill Is So High

WEBProduced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. In the pandemic winter of 2020, Katie, my family’s 14-year-old miniature poodle, began …

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The Mystery of the Maple Syrup Smell

WEBI silently scoffed, continuing my run with sugar snaps and syrup-saturated waffles revolving in mind. Twenty minutes later, she hopped off of her machine, but the …

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The persistence of an old anti-Semitic myth

WEBThis is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures.Sign up here.

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How to Find Your Faith

WEBArthur Brooks is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the host of the How to Build a Happy Life podcast.The Atlantic and the host of the How to Build a Happy Life …

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The Supreme Court Is Poised to Unshackle a Second Trump Term

WEBAt today’s hearing on Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, the Republican-appointed Supreme Court majority appeared …

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The Supreme Court Is Frighteningly Warm to Trump's Immunity …

WEBProduced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. Here are a few things that Donald Trump’s lawyer says a president ought to be immune …

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The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education

WEBThe muscle of independent thinking and open debate, the ability to earn authority that Daniel Bell described as essential to a university’s survival, has long since …

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Why Does Taylor Swift See Herself as an Albatross

WEBIllustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: John Shearer / Getty; Library of Congress.

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