How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?
The U.S. is nearing 1 million recorded COVID-19 deaths without the social reckoning that such a tragedy should provoke. Why?
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Why America Loves Love Is Blind
The hit dating show is unsettling—and also completely relatable.
The Pandemic Is Following a Very Predictable and Depressing Pattern
As with diseases such as malaria and HIV, rich countries are “moving on” from COVID while poor ones continue to get ravaged.
This Is Peak Subscription
Forking over another $5 a month is getting pretty old.
The Biden Administration Killed America’s Collective Pandemic Approach
Protections meant to shield everyone can’t be a matter of personal preference.
Restaurants Learned the Wrong Pandemic Lessons
Are we stuck with QR codes forever?
Ukraine’s Surrogacy Industry Has Put Women in Impossible Positions
When your job is carrying a baby for someone else, you can’t leave it behind.
Next Winter, What If We Test for Even More Viruses?
Cough? Test. Stuffiness? Test. Scratchy throat? Test.
We Might Not Need Annual COVID Shots
The vaccines will need an update at some point. But not every variant of concern will warrant one.
Paul Farmer Invented a New Way of Caring for One Another
The global-health pioneer redefined his field to make it more human, in part by being so wonderfully human himself.