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How Covid Lies Destroyed Kids’ Lives
We were told school closures were based on evidence—and were for our own good. Five years later, millions of children are still paying the price.
David Zweig
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
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Is the Dire Wolf Truly Back from the Dead?
After a start-up claimed to have de-extincted a species, the internet called BS. But the founders insist it’s real—and the woolly mammoth is next.
Johanna Berkman
Martin Gurri: When Americans Gave Up Their Freedoms
Five years ago, it was decided: a pandemic was to be solved by brute force and propaganda. There was no revolt. And the free world will never be the…
Martin Gurri
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
What 23andMe Told America About Itself
The disintegration of the DNA-testing company is not just the collapse of a business. It’s the collapse of a culture obsessed with identity.
Kat Rosenfield
Letters to the Editor: Two Personal Perspectives on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Plus: A tip from the great Thomas Mallon on filing expenses in the glory days of magazines.
The Free Press
The World Happiness Report Is a Sham
The media loves hyping the annual study, but its methodology doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Yascha Mounk
The Junk Science That Gets Parents Convicted of Murder
A Texas man is awaiting execution for shaking his child to death. But even the detective on the case now thinks he’s innocent.
Jennifer Block
Will NIH Cuts Boost Public Health—or Destroy It?
Two cancer doctors debate whether Trump’s slashing of billions to the National Institutes for Health are efficient or could endanger people's lives.
David Andorsky and Vinay Prasad
We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
Thomas Jefferson was rich and sophisticated, but his life was closer to the lives of people in the Iron Age than it was to ours.
Charles C. Mann
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