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Why is the peanut allergy an epidemic that only seems to be found in Western cultures? Over four million people in the United States alone are affected by peanut allergies, while there are no reported cases in India, a country where peanuts are the primary ingredient in many baby food products. Where did this allergy come from? And does medicine play any kind of role in the phenomenon? After her own child had an anaphylactic reaction to peanut butter, historian Heather Fraser decided to discover the answers to these questions.

We didn’t just crawl out of a cave. We know what works based on experience. Why must we constantly re-fight the same battles over and over? Our politics and even our spiritual lives too often resemble the film “Groundhog Day” in which actor Bill Murray wakes up and repeats the same event...

The natural limits of the human body make us vulnerable and therefore dependent, throughout our lives, on others. Yet American law and policy disregard these stubborn facts, with statutes and judicial decisions that presume people to be autonomous, defined by their capacity to choose. As legal scholar O. Carter Snead points out, this individualistic ideology captures important truths about human freedom, but it also means that we have no obligations to each other unless we actively, voluntarily embrace them.

"Americans Without Health Care at Record Low. So What's the Problem?" is from the September 15, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger Katz and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Alcohol's Effect on Health: What the Science Says" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Aaron E. Carroll and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"What the Science Says about Long-Term Damage from Lead
" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Aaron E. Carroll and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"What Prodigies Could Teach Us about Autism" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Kimberly Stephens and Joanne Ruthsatz and narrated by Fleet Cooper.