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News and updates from the health and science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.

A SARS-like virus is spreading quickly. Here’s what you need to know.

Hundreds of people have been sickened by a new coronavirus in at least six countries, including the US.

By Julia Belluz

The coronavirus outbreak is not yet a global health emergency, WHO says

With more than 600 cases in at least seven countries, the agency said it’s “too early” to sound the international alarm.

By Julia Belluz

The lessons from historic preservation councils blocking solar panels

By David Roberts January 23

The evidence on travel bans for diseases like coronavirus is clear: They don’t work

By Julia Belluz and Steven Hoffman January 23

Marijuana legalization is about to have a huge year

By German Lopez January 23

8 things everyone should know about Australia’s wildfire disaster

By Brian Resnick, Umair Irfan, and 1 other January 22

Average body temperature appears to be dropping. Researchers aren’t sure why.

By Brian Resnick January 22

Why millennials are the “death positive” generation

By Eleanor Cummins January 22

Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: What we know and don’t know

By Julia Belluz January 20

Netflix’s The Goop Lab pushes flimsy wellness trends. But it’s strong on vulvas.

By Julia Belluz and Brian Resnick January 17

The alarming trend of beached whales filled with plastic, explained

By Umair Irfan January 16

The Rehab Racket: Investigating the high cost of addiction care

Methadone can help people beat opioid addiction — if they can afford it

"I’m on a hamster wheel of trying to figure out how to pay this price. It just never ends."

By German Lopez January 16

Australia’s weird weather is getting even weirder

By Umair Irfan January 15

New research shows what AI can teach us about the human brain

By Kelsey Piper January 15

The hottest new thing in sustainable building is, uh, wood

By David Roberts January 15

The historically low birthrate, explained in 3 charts

By Julia Belluz January 13

The number of US alcohol deaths per year has doubled since 1999

By German Lopez January 13

Capitalism is turning us into addicts

By Sean Illing January 12

Can the catastrophic fires bring some sanity to Australian climate politics?

By Michelle Crowther January 10

Study links Medicaid expansion to 6 percent reduction in opioid overdose deaths

By German Lopez January 10

The night sky is increasingly dystopian

By Brian Resnick January 10

Gwyneth Paltrow is straight-up trolling her critics now

By Julia Belluz January 10

An Australian ecologist explains just how bad the fires are for wildlife

By Brian Resnick January 10

Are we morally obligated to meditate?

By Sigal Samuel January 10

Trump is taking credit for the decades-old decline in cancer deaths

By Julia Belluz January 9

The rise in meth and cocaine overdoses, explained

By German Lopez January 9

How to build a circular economy that recycles carbon

By David Roberts January 8

Boomers: You can still be heroes in the story of climate change

By Laura McGann January 8

A staggering 1 billion animals are now estimated dead in Australia’s fires

By Sigal Samuel January 7

Features

Finally, really good advice on how to stop killing your houseplants

Instagram plantfluencers aren’t the only ones who can keep monstera and snake plants lush and green.

By Stephie Grob Plante January 7

There’s a new, mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China

By Julia Belluz January 7

Australia’s hellish heat wave and wildfires, explained

By Umair Irfan January 6

What Australia’s devastating fires look like on the ground

By Umair Irfan January 3

The hidden calories in your booze, explained

By Julia Belluz January 3

The sad truth about our boldest climate target

By David Roberts January 3

AI can now outperform doctors at detecting breast cancer. Here’s why it won’t replace them.

By Sigal Samuel January 3

Processed foods are a much bigger health problem than we thought

By Julia Belluz January 2

Why willpower is overrated

By Brian Resnick January 2

California now requires solar panels on all new homes. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

By David Roberts January 2

Why small talk is so excruciating

By David Roberts December 30, 2019

The keto moment

By Julia Belluz December 30, 2019

The Rehab Racket: Investigating the high cost of addiction care

1,000 people sent me their addiction treatment stories. Here’s what I learned.

Here are four reasons America’s addiction treatment system is broken.

By German Lopez December 30, 2019