The next stage of COVID is starting now
To be a newborn in the year 2023—and, almost certainly, every year that follows—means emerging into a world where the coronavirus is ubiquitous....
The Crafty Logic That Accompanies Dementia
Elizabeth often met her husband, Mitch, after work at the same restaurant in Lower Manhattan. Mitch was usually there by the time she...
Milk Has Lost All Meaning
You overhear a lot of strange things in coffee shops, but an order for an “almond-based dairy-alternative cappuccino” is not one of them....
We Have a Mink Problem
Bird flu, at this point, is somewhat of a misnomer. The virus, which primarily infects birds, is circulating uncontrolled around much of the...
The Rules of Asymptomatic COVID Have Changed
In the early days of the pandemic, one of the scariest and most surprising features of SARS-CoV-2 was its stealth. Initially assumed to...
The Lab Leak Will Haunt Us Forever
The lab-leak theory lives! Or better put: It never dies. In response to new but unspecified intelligence, the U.S. Department of Energy has...
Why Does Everyone Have a Gnarly Cold Right Now?
For the past few weeks, my daily existence has been scored by the melodies of late winter: the drip of melting ice, the...
The Secret Ingredient That Could Save Plant-Based Meat
Last month, at a dining table in a sunny New York City hotel suite, I found myself thrown completely off guard by a...
Norovirus is almost impossible to stop
In one very specific and mostly benign way, it’s starting to feel a lot like the spring of 2020: Disinfection is back.“Bleach is...
Somehow, the science on masks still isn’t settled
For many Americans, wearing a mask has become a relic. But fighting about masks, it seems, has not.Masking has widely been seen as...
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