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mRNA: Deliverance, Dud, or Danger?
The technology behind the Covid vaccine was once viewed as our salvation. Then it was damned as harmful. The truth is more complicated.
Bethany McLean
The Weedkiller Tearing Apart Trump’s Coalition
It’s a common belief in MAHA circles that glyphosate causes cancer. But the herbicide is essential for farmers—who, this time, have won.
River Page
Dr. Mark Hyman: How to Live Your Healthiest Life
The physician talks about weight loss, chronic illness, sleep, stress management, MAHA, and so much more.
Bari Weiss
1HR 57M
WATCH: Jay Bhattacharya Was ‘Dangerous.’ Now He Leads the NIH.
The health economist on his Christianity, RFK Jr., Fauci, and earning back America’s trust. ‘We have to treat people like intelligent human beings.’
Bari Weiss
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Jay Bhattacharya: ‘Fauci’s Pardon Is a Good Thing’
The new National Institutes of Health director tells The Free Press that he forgives the very people who nearly destroyed his career.
Maya Sulkin
Can MAHA Beat the Junk Food Lobby?
Obesity is rampant, but the government subsidizes soda and candy for the poor. Now there’s finally a chance to change that.
Charles Lane
Rep. Chip Roy: Why I’m Backing RFK Jr.
Trump’s HHS pick and I have our differences—but he understands what it will take to make America healthy again.
Chip Roy
Can These Moms Get RFK Jr. Confirmed?
Olivia Reingold reports on the most powerful force in American politics.
Olivia Reingold
Letters to the Editor: ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Gets the Facts Wrong
As Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Senate hearings continue, two doctors register their objections with the movement he helped inspire.
The Editors
When MAHA Forgets the Working Class
Get rid of your microwave! Quit your job! This kind of ‘health’ advice will alienate ordinary Americans.
Evan Barker
MAHA: The Unexpected Coalition of Nutritionists, Mushroom Shamans, and Moms
From plastic cutting boards to Red Dye No. 3—the movement to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ is changing the way we think about food, nutrition, and…
Bari Weiss
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It’s Not Just Red Dye No. 3. It’s All Our Stuff.
We no longer use whale oil for lighting. Why use PFAS to make things nonstick? Time to demand healthier products.
Joshua Lachter
Diets Are Bad. Ignoring Childhood Obesity Is Even Worse.
Activists tell parents not to ‘fat shame’ an overweight child or make them go on a diet. But parents who refuse to tackle the issue are putting their…
Robert J. Davis
Ozempic: Magic Pill or Devil’s Bargain?
Johann Hari is half the man he was due to the weight-loss drug. He reveals how it changed the world—and how he once got fat-shamed by the Dalai Lama.
Bari Weiss
Vinay Prasad: Why Was My Talk at a Medical Conference Canceled?
My job is to terrify cancer cells. But apparently it's not just malignant cells that get uneasy around me.
Vinay Prasad
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