The Pandemic Made Her Sick, Even Before She Caught COVID-19
Headaches, eye pain, nausea—her symptoms began last spring. No one knows exactly why, except that the pandemic is to blame.
The Coming Conflict Between Introverts and Extroverts
When the social floodgates open, not everyone will want to use their newfound freedom in the same way.
The Tyranny of the Female-Orgasm Industrial Complex
What one woman’s quest for sexual satisfaction reveals about desire, hysteria, feminism, and capitalism
The King of AIDS Treatments Is Turning to COVID-19
There are few drugs proven to help people infected with the coronavirus, and it’s giving John James déjà vu.
Podcast: When Can I Take Off My Mask?
The rules need to change after vaccination. But carefully.
Show Your Immune System Some Love
Antibodies are great and all, but macrophages, B cells, and helper T cells deserve some attention too.
We Are Turning COVID-19 Into a Young Person’s Disease
Even as cases drop among vaccinated Americans, the coronavirus still can spread among unvaccinated people—who will be disproportionately children.
The Suicide Wave That Never Was
The notion that lockdowns increased the rate of death by suicide last year has become common knowledge. It’s not backed up by data.
Photos: A Deadly Second Wave of COVID-19 in India
Images of the battle against COVID-19 in India over the past few weeks
The Danger of a ‘Dudes Only’ Vaccine
We still don’t know who’s most at risk of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine blood clots.
You’re Gonna Miss Zoom When It’s Gone
For people like me, who have social anxiety, videoconferencing can be easier than in-person interactions.
‘They Just Feel That They’ve Been Violated’
The COVID-19 crisis is nearing its end. But the nurses and home health aides who saw us through it may never recover.
Podcast: How Much Should You Really Worry About the Vaccine-Blood-Clot News?
What the “pause” in Johnson & Johnson vaccinations means
America Has Pandemic Senioritis
Being so close (and yet so far) is a stress all its own.
COVID-19 Vaccines Are Entering Uncharted Immune Territory
Some people’s bodies aren’t set up for vaccines.
The mRNA Vaccines Are Looking Better and Better
Concerns about blood clots with Johnson & Johnson underscore just how lucky Americans are to have the Pfizer and Moderna shots.
3 Different Futures for the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
A pause is just that—a pause—in which health officials can reevaluate the data at hand.
Nancy Reagan’s Real Role in the AIDS Crisis
The former first lady fought the most conservative elements of the Reagan administration in an attempt to get her husband to pay more attention to the deadly pandemic. It wasn’t enough.
Vaccine Refusal Will Come at a Cost—For All of Us
People who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine will have higher health-care costs. The rest of us will foot the bill.
The Way Out of Brain Fog
One of COVID-19’s most persistent and mysterious problems finally has some treatments.
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