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How to Negotiate Your Medical Bills
Everything is negotiable, as the saying goes—and that includes medical bills. Although many people assume their health care bills are binding, there’s often more wiggle room than one would...
Health Agencies On Communications Pause
With respiratory-disease season in full swing and a bird flu outbreak rapidly evolving, the new Trump Administration has ordered federal health agencies to secure White House approval before communicating...
How a Mass Extinction Driven by Ancient Volcanoes Led to the Age of the Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs only started to live large after a mass extinction altered the planet in their favor. Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended...
What Leaving the WHO Means for the U.S and the World
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)—a move that experts say makes the U.S....
A Los Angeles Photographer Captures the Devastating Fires Threatening His Beloved Community
When the Palisades Fire started in early January, I was out of town in a remote area in central California with practically no cell service, and my family was...
The Mental-Health Toll of the California Wildfires Is Just Beginning
Firefighters are making progress on containing the wildfires that have been raging for weeks in Southern California. But even once the physical threat of the fires diminishes, the mental-health...
How to Get Better at Doing Things Alone
As a recent college graduate in a new city, Samantha Elliott thought she'd be lonely. Instead, she found companionship in the most unexpected place: with herself. And that, ironically,...
The Health Risks and Benefits of Weight-Loss Drugs
The newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ways they affect the body—both helpful and harmful—beyond reducing weight.In...
11 Things to Do on Inauguration Day That Are Great for Your Mental Health
On Monday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. For some, it’s a highly anticipated day of celebration. Others have been dreading...
Why Is Every Human Being Riddled With Genetic Errors?
A vast mosaic of cells, some that are identical and some that are slightly different, make up the human body. Knowable Magazine You began when egg and sperm met,...
