The next stage of COVID is starting now

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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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