Contrarian

Direct‑to‑consumer healthcare services have quietly constructed a parallel infrastructure for medical access. Telehealth platforms prescribe medications after brief video consultations....

A new kind of literacy is spreading through the public: people can read their own physiologic dashboards. They discuss REM...

A gleaming solar array atop a hospital wing promises reduced electricity bills and a smaller carbon footprint—but what happens when...

The Spectacle of Sickness There is a calculated rhythm to the videos. A grainy close-up of someone solemnly describing their...

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released the eagerly anticipated yet deeply contentious MAHA report earlier this year, it instantly polarized...

Freedom of speech was not designed to help teenagers starve. Yet on TikTok, it often does. A single swipe can...

It begins, as many things do now, with a scroll. A 23-year-old nestled in bed with curtains drawn declares, “I’m...

Walk through a grocery aisle or scroll TikTok’s “wellness” corner, and hydration has never looked so stylish—or so expensive. Rows...

It begins in the gut—or so we’re told. Anxiety, weight gain, immunity, even brain fog: according to wellness influencers and...

Menopause is having a cultural moment—and not a quiet one. From Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop-endorsed supplements to telehealth hormone therapy startups...

It begins with a confession. A young project manager shares on LinkedIn how they took a mental health day after...

In the shadow of America’s post-pandemic reckoning, a new health movement has emerged—one that doesn’t wear lab coats or promote...