When you inhale a microscopic speck of soot, its journey may go like this: The particle enters your nose and heads into your lungs, penetrating even the tiny air sacs…
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The current U.S. measles outbreak follows, in some ways, a classic pattern: The virus first found a foothold where childhood vaccination is low—among Mennonites in Texas, in this case—before rapidly…
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Festival season is right around the corner, and you know what that means: it’s time to start planning your lineup of show-stopping hairstyles. Whether you’re dancing under the sun or…
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One day, you’re rocking voluminous, luscious locks, and the next, your ponytail feels suspiciously skinnier. If your hair is shedding faster than your ex’s excuses, don’t panic—hair thinning is super…
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When Korean skin care arrived in the United States several years ago, it became the stuff of legend among beauty enthusiasts. They raved about the sunscreen from the Korean brand…
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Less than a month before his assassination in 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed his last bill: one aimed at reforming America’s mental-health system. The year prior, Ken Kesey’s One…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is finally getting his wish of sucker punching the federal health agencies. This week, Kennedy began the process of firing some 10,000 employees working under the…
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My house was dark. Tinfoil covered the windows. The only light I could tolerate came from dimmable red bulbs. Ten weeks before, I had tested positive for COVID. On week…
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“It breaks my brain sometimes,” Dennis Rosloniec told me. For half a decade now, the 44-year-old media technician and mountain biker from Green Bay, Wisconsin, has done everything he can…
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Your Halo hair extensions were made to blend seamlessly with your natural hair, but as your roots grow out, that perfect match can start to look a little less…well, seamless.…