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A UV Lamp That’s Bad for COVID but Not for You

October 9, 2022

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What Doctors Still Don’t Understand About Long COVID

October 5, 2022

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Warning Signs About the First Post-pandemic Winter

Katherine J. Wu

October 5, 2022

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The Pandemic’s Legacy Is Already Clear

September 30, 2022

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The Only Two Seasons That Matter Now

September 27, 2022

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11 COVID Questions People Still Have, Answered

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 23, 2022

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The ‘End’ of COVID Is Still Far Worse Than We Imagined

September 22, 2022

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Why a Majority Rejected the Republican Approach to COVID

September 16, 2022

Hundreds of Americans Will Die From COVID Today

September 16, 2022

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Polio Is Exploiting a Very Human Weakness

Katherine J. Wu

September 16, 2022

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Should Your Flu and COVID Shots Go in Different Arms?

Katherine J. Wu

September 15, 2022

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One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood

September 12, 2022

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Are We Really Getting COVID Boosters Every Year Forever?

September 9, 2022

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Zero COVID Has Outlived Its Usefulness. Here’s Why China Is Still Enforcing It.

Michael Schuman

September 9, 2022

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The Strongest Signal That Americans Should Worry About Flu This Winter

Katherine J. Wu

September 7, 2022

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Biden’s Student-Debt Rescue Plan Is a Legal Mess

September 4, 2022

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America’s Baffling Booster Messaging

August 31, 2022

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A Simple Rule for Planning Your Fall Booster Shot

Rachel Gutman-Wei

August 27, 2022

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America’s Fall Booster Plan Has a Fatal Paradox

Katherine J. Wu

August 25, 2022

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I Can’t Wait Out the Pandemic Any Longer

August 19, 2022

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The Pandemic’s Soft Closing

Katherine J. Wu

August 16, 2022

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How Future Generations Will Remember Us

William MacAskill

August 16, 2022

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The Odds of Getting COVID From Your Housemate Are ‘About a Coin Flip’

August 15, 2022

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It’s Not Just Long COVID

Hank Balfour and William Hoffman

August 12, 2022

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The Problem With Being Too Cautious in Vaccine Trials

Jay Varma and Sallie Permar

August 6, 2022

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What Should Worry Most Americans About Our Monkeypox Response

Katherine J. Wu

August 4, 2022

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The Coronavirus Has One Strategy We Can’t Vaccinate Against

Katherine J. Wu

August 4, 2022

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The Three COVID Developments I’m Still Holding Out Hope For

August 4, 2022

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Willed Helplessness Is the American Condition

Meghan O’Rourke

August 4, 2022

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This COVID Summer Is Nothing Like the Last One

August 2, 2022

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Every New Disease Triggers a Search for Someone to Blame

Steven Thrasher

July 31, 2022

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America Should Have Been Able to Handle Monkeypox

Katherine J. Wu

July 29, 2022

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How Long Can the Coronavirus Keep Reinfecting Us?

July 28, 2022

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The U.S. Has No Plan to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Jerusalem Demsas

July 25, 2022

Texans get vaccinated for COVID-19 in March 2021.

Could Genetics Be the Key to Never Getting the Coronavirus?

Katherine J. Wu

July 25, 2022

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America Is Running Out of ‘COVID Virgins’

July 22, 2022

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