Cancer
Letter from the U.K.
How Kate Middleton Shamed the Internet
After the Princess’s cancer diagnosis, some who had pushed conspiracy theories about her absence seemed chastened. Others were less contrite.
The Weekend Essay
The Fab Five and Hair That Does the Talking
In my youth, when I wore a kufi, what my hair looked like became a source of wonder for the people around me. I took a foolish pleasure in holding on to that kind of power.
Letter from the U.K.
King Charles’s Cancer Diagnosis Has Put a Nation on Edge
Other royals are stepping up to shake hands and cut ribbons. Prince Harry flew in from California. Visitors to Buckingham Palace wonder what comes next.
Annals of Medicine
Will a Full-Body MRI Scan Help You or Hurt You?
Companies like Prenuvo and Ezra will use magnetic resonance imaging to reveal what’s inside you—for a price.
Elements
How Food Powers Your Body
Metabolism, which unleashes the energy in what you eat, may be nature’s most electrifying invention.
Personal History
What Happened When My Wife Died
More than anything, Diana had wanted to be a mother. Now my three-year-old daughter and I had to find a way to live without her.
L.A. Postcard
Meeting Cute, Plus Cancer
Stephanie Allynne told Tig Notaro that she was straight. Notaro wrote back, “O.K., dyke.” Now their two kids call them Mère and Mom.
Annals of Medicine
A Doctor, a Patient, and Their Poetry
In some ways, writing was the best treatment.
Annals of Medicine
Medicine’s Wellness Conundrum
Patients want alternative therapies. How can hospitals offer them without putting medical integrity at risk?
Dispatch
When the Kids Started Getting Sick
After pressure from families, Pennsylvania has launched studies into whether fracking can be linked to local illnesses.
Medical Dispatch
“For Now, We Wait”: Postponing Cancer Surgery During the Coronavirus Crisis
How does a doctor define “urgent” during a pandemic?
Fiction
The Media
Letter from Yangquan
China’s Struggles with Hospice Care
As social transformations sweep the country, who will tend to the dying?
The Political Scene Podcast
Peter Schjeldahl on Good Cheer During Bad Times
Dorothy Wickenden talks to The New Yorker’s longtime art critic to discuss his diagnosis of terminal cancer, and what we miss when we get wrapped up in the news cycle.
The New Yorker Documentary
Life with Cancer in “Dani”
A new documentary shows how one family talks through difficult medical news.
Annals of Medicine
The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies
New “living drugs”—made from a patient’s own cells—can cure once incurable cancers. But can we afford them?
Annals of Medicine
Cancer’s Invasion Equation
We can detect tumors earlier than ever before. Can we predict whether they’re going to be dangerous?
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