“We’re still the same people we were in the 10th grade,” Carrie Coon’s character, Laurie, on the hit HBO series “The White Lotus,” tells her two friends. “It’s just funny,” she adds. What she’s referring to isn’t literally funny, nor is it nostalgic. The comment reflects an undercurrent of tensionContinue Reading
When Alissa Torrez, 24, saw TikTok videos of parents doing the viral “cookie challenge” with their toddlers, she immediately wanted to hop on the trend with her 3-year-old son, Oliver. In these lighthearted videos, parents test their children’s sharing skills through a simple exercise that goes something like this: TheyContinue Reading
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is cutting 10,000 jobs. Employees started getting termination notices Tuesday. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images The Trump administration began sending notices of termination to thousands of staffers at federal health agencies Tuesday, according to interviews with employees and officials at multipleContinue Reading
When kids skip, it rarely looks like work. There’s something playful, almost primitive, about the urge to bound yourself forward through space, your body briefly levitating with each stride. And yet, as adults, many of us quit. But skipping has entered the social media conversation, thanks in part to aContinue Reading
Utah has become the first U.S. state to outlaw the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. The law, which was signed by Gov. Spencer Cox on March 27 and will go into effect on May 7, comes amid renewed scrutiny of fluoride, a mineral that has been widely addedContinue Reading
At least once a week, someone asks Dr. Skyler Johnson if ivermectin can treat their cancer. Patients have asked about the anti-parasitic drug for years, especially during the pandemic. But in recent months, Dr. Johnson, a radiation oncologist at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute, has fielded more andContinue Reading
President Trump, joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (right), signs an executive order on Feb. 25 on price transparency requirements for the health care industry. Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images It’s a holy grail of health care: forcingContinue Reading
As measles cases continue to rise, some parents are asking if their kids can get vaccinated early. Karl Tapales/Moment RF/Getty Images Karl Tapales/Moment RF/Getty Images As a measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico continues to grow, and other states report outbreaks of their own, some pediatricians across theContinue Reading
As many as one in five people — an estimated 64 million in the United States — have elevated levels of a tiny particle in their blood. It can greatly increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. But few know about it, and almost no doctors test for it,Continue Reading
Michigan State beat Ole Miss in the Sweet 16 round of March Madness on Friday in Atlanta. The sheer number of games to bet on in a short time makes the NCAA tournament popular with legal sportsbook games. Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty ImagesContinue Reading
