Health
The New Study on Serotonin and Depression Isn’t About Antidepressants
A review confirming what has long been known is being used to make misleading claims about antidepressants—and shows the gap between scientific knowledge and public understanding.
Fetuses Can Be ‘People’ in Georgia Now. Here’s What It Means for the Future of Abortion.
The new ruling has serious implications for everything from criminal to tax law.
Hyperice’s Normatec 3 Is My New Favorite Recovery Gadget
Picture someone kneading out soreness from every conceivable angle, all at once, without any pain-inducing pressure points.
What It's Actually Like to Have Monkeypox
“My first lesions were on my bum, and those were the most painful ones. I couldn't even sit down.”
Lentils From Hell: Daily Harvest Victims Say They Have Expensive Medical Bills, No Answers
“I was crying, sweating, hurled over, just like, this cannot be normal.”
How Endometriosis Affects Your Sex Life
“I've realized that positions where I have more control of everything help me limit my pain, because I'm only doing what’s comfortable for me at any moment.”
The Government Tells Australians They'll Have To Go It Alone on Rapid COVID Tests
Low income earners and concession card holders will no longer get free access to rapid antigen tests, as COVID-19 case numbers surge.
US Life Expectancy Has Fallen Behind China
Life expectancy in China was on course to overtake that of the U.S. around 2027. Then the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Roadside Chemo Given by Flooded Hospital at the Front Line of Climate Change
Unprecedented levels of rainfall have devastated northeastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh.
Foreigners Reveal What Surprised Them About the NHS
"Before coming to the UK, I had to pay around £1,000 NHS fee."
What the Roe v. Wade Decision Means for Australia
“We actually only saw the South Australian decriminalisation enacted on Friday… that’s how recent some of this legislation is.”
Scientists Concerned About ‘Public Health Threat’ as Man Contracts Super Gonorrhea
The Austrian man contracted the rare strain in Cambodia, with researchers saying it represents a “concern for future treatment of gonorrhea.”