President Trump said on Wednesday that he would nominate Casey Means, a Stanford-educated doctor turned critic of corporate influence on medicine and health, as surgeon general. Dr. Means, an ally of the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has described becoming disillusioned by establishment medicine. She rose to prominence lastContinue Reading
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Scientists with funding from the National Institutes of Health were advised to scrub their grants of any reference to mRNA. Around the country, state legislatures are considering bills to ban or limit such vaccines,Continue Reading
I have been friends with two women who have been a couple for nine years. They recently broke up. I remained friends with both of them, trying to support them equally through their breakup. One of them, whom I’ll call “Alice,” wanted me to not be friends with “Jane.” SheContinue Reading
The Well Festival: 4 Takeaways for a Happier Life The Times hosted a day of conversations dedicated to a singular theme: maximizing your happiness. Published May 7, 2025Updated May 8, 2025, 11:31 a.m. ET Pinned Here are 4 takeaways from the Well Festival. Tracee Ellis Ross, the former “black-ish” actor,Continue Reading
Susan Hagen, 48, was practically vibrating with excitement. She would soon be in the same room with three women who had helped her through some of the shakiest, most vulnerable moments in her life, even though they didn’t know it. Hagen, a New Jersey resident, had braved the pouring rainContinue Reading
Over the last decade, researchers have found associations between ultraprocessed foods and health conditions like heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, dementia and some types of cancer. Now, they are adding Parkinson’s disease to that list. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology, researchers from the United States andContinue Reading
Every year, tens of thousands of young women opt to freeze their eggs, an expensive and sometimes painful procedure. As more Americans postpone childbearing, the numbers are growing. But there are many unknowns: What is the optimal donor age for freezing? What are the success rates? And critically: How longContinue Reading
The Well Festival Live Updates: Samin Nosrat on Food and Community The Times is hosting a day of conversations dedicated to a singular theme: maximizing your happiness. Follow along live. May 7, 2025Updated 1:55 p.m. ET PinnedUpdated Here’s what’s happening. The mission of the Well desk of The New YorkContinue Reading
The first-ever Well Festival, hosted by the Well desk of The New York Times, runs from 9:30 a.m. Eastern to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A livestream is available here. Below is the full schedule and a brief description of each of the 13 panels, covering love and relationships, the questContinue Reading
Stewart Whitson, a senior director at the Foundation for Government Accountability, testified before Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s DOGE subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12. The hearing was titled “The War on Waste.” Al Drago/Getty Images Al Drago/Getty Images PHOENIX — As an Arizona bill to block people from usingContinue Reading
