Karolina Heyne never thought she’d wear hair extensions. Not because she didn’t want to—she’d been tempted for years—but because she didn’t want to put extra stress on the hair she still…
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If the United States learned any lesson from HIV, it should have been that negligence can be a death sentence. In the early 1980s, the virus’s ravages were treated as…
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In the never-ending quest to figure out what we are supposed to eat, a new boogeyman has emerged: seed oils. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has…
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On Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with the families of two girls who had died from measles in West Texas—and raised doubts about the safety of vaccines. “He said,…
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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…