Health and Disease

An aerial view of houses that have had partial pipe replacements of their lead pipes in Memphis, Tennessee, in April 2024.

In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated

As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be igno...

Sep 26, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents

The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

Sep 25, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

What Are Drugs For?

What Are Drugs For? What Are Drugs For?

A conversation with P.E. Moskowitz about the chemical imbalance theory of depression, the false schism between prescription and recreational drugs, and collective psychic pain.

Sep 11, 2025 / Emmeline Clein

Faster Faster

Faster Faster Faster Faster

Speedy Bob.

Sep 9, 2025 / OppArt / Michael deAdder

Wall of Names

Wall of Names Wall of Names

Colors.

Sep 5, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

RFK Jr., American Psycho RFK Jr., American Psycho

He needs to go. Now.

Sep 4, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Employees with Project Weber-Renew in Providence, Rhode Island.

This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction

Over the past decade, overdose protections and programs like Project Weber-Renew have expanded, but with Trump back in office, this trend may be short lived.

Sep 2, 2025 / StudentNation / Fareed Salmon

Unhealthy Head of Health

Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health

RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.

Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. stands behind Donald Trump in the Oval Office

In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading

Trump and RFK Jr. have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century—our public health infrastructure

Aug 13, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Young People Are Using ChatGPT for Therapy, but the Conversations Lack Privacy and Protections

Young People Are Using ChatGPT for Therapy, but the Conversations Lack Privacy and Protections Young People Are Using ChatGPT for Therapy, but the Conversations Lack Privacy and Protections

Therapy is now one of the leading uses of AI. But unlike traditional therapy notes, which are privileged, transcripts with chatbots carry no such shield.

Aug 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Chelsea Lubbe and Ray Epstein

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