Health and Wellness | Opinion

The health secretary promised a revolution but delivered minor changes. Why?

By David Wallace-Wells

We’ve come too far to go back to a time when autism was defined solely in terms of deficits and mothers were made to feel guilty.

By Roy Richard Grinker

This is not what people with autism need, experts say.

By Helen Tager-Flusberg, Alison Singer, Brian K. Lee and Eric Garcia

Can Jay Bhattacharya save science?

By Ari Schulman

A meeting of a C.D.C. advisory committee could restrict vaccine access.

By Danielle Ofri

The movement is tearing down America’s health care institutions. To what end?

By David Wallace-Wells

We know the answer to chronic disease.

By Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall

Flag football offers girls as well as boys a means of enjoying the sport without the risk of brain damage.

By Mary Pilon and Dru Donovan

Besides, addicted people are not the only ones affected by their behavior.

By Keith Humphreys

We are deploying digital pseudo-therapists at an unprecedented scale, and those most at risk of negative outcomes are teens.

By Ryan K. McBain