It Matters If It’s COVID
Now is the perfect time to test whether your “cold” is something else.
Rachel Gutman-Wei
Rachel Gutman-Wei is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
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Artur Widak / NurPhoto / Getty How Risky Is COVID for an 81-Year-Old?
Once again, Joe Biden has COVID-19.
Michael A. McCoy / The New York Times / Redux Baltimore Lost More Than a Bridge
Looking out from the harbor used to be an exercise in optimism.
Tasos Katopodis / Getty The Art of Communing With Trees
What are we to make of a life that can age and grow young again at the turn of the seasons?
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Sources: Getty. The Least Common, Least Loved Names in America
Why is everyone so worked up about hyphens?
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Americans Don’t Get to Have the Best New COVID Drug
A Japanese antiviral appears to shorten symptoms and protect against chronic disease. Also, it doesn’t taste like soapy grapefruit.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. We Have No Drugs to Treat the Deadliest Eating Disorder
There are pills for bulimia and binge-eating disorder. Why not anorexia?
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Birth Control Isn’t the Only Thing That Just Went Over-the-Counter
Progestin, the active ingredient in the first over-the-counter daily contraceptive pill, can be used to treat PCOS, endometriosis, migraines, and more.
Getty How Handwriting Lost Its Personality
Penmanship was once considered a window to the soul. The digital age has closed it.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. How Lifeguards Lost Their Luster
There’s a lifeguard shortage in America. It’s been going on for a century.
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