Health

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

If the virus is in your house, you can still escape it.

America’s New Monkeypox Strategy Rests on a Single Study

Will splitting monkeypox vaccines in five work out?

Beach Vacationers Are Doing It Wrong

To really take a break, try vigorous exercise.

Fish Oil Is Good! No, Bad! No, Good! No, Wait.

Americans love it. But the science is getting even weirder.

What Should Worry Most Americans About Our Monkeypox Response

The U.S. has declared (another) public-health emergency. An expert weighs in on whether we might botch this one, too.

The Coronavirus Has One Strategy We Can’t Vaccinate Against

It may be getting better at dodging one of the immune system’s main defenses.

Of Course Biden Has Rebound COVID

What is even going on with Paxlovid?

America Should Have Been Able to Handle Monkeypox

Has COVID taught us nothing?

How Long Can the Coronavirus Keep Reinfecting Us?

No one knows exactly what this will look like—only that it’s guaranteed to keep happening.

Could Genetics Be the Key to Never Getting the Coronavirus?

Scientists have known for decades that some people can be resistant to HIV infection. Why not the coronavirus, too?

Some Indian Women Have No Choice but to Hold It In

A lack of toilets is a public-health crisis.

America Is Running Out of ‘COVID Virgins’

If you haven’t gotten the coronavirus, are you a sitting duck?

Of Course Biden Has COVID

The most notable feature of the president’s illness is that he evaded COVID for this long.

We’re Testing for Monkeypox the Wrong Way

No one should have to wait until they’re covered with sores.

America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID

Even before the pandemic began, more people here were dying at younger ages than in comparably wealthy nations.

Put Your Face in Airplane Mode

Masking only at the start and end of every flight will do a lot to keep you safe.

New COVID Vaccines Will Be Ready This Fall. America Won’t Be.

Respiratory-virus season starts soon, and our autumn vaccine strategy is shaky at best.

The BA.5 Wave Is What COVID Normal Looks Like

The endless churn of variants may not stop anytime soon, unless we do something about it.

Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?

The latest surge is a test of our pandemic priorities.

The Vasectomy Influencers

Doctors who have spent their careers promoting vasectomies are finding themselves thrust into the spotlight.