The Great Pandemic Hand-Washing Blooper
Should you wash your hands? Yes. Does it matter for respiratory viruses? Not as much as we once thought.
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The Bivalent Shot Might Lay You Out
But double the spike proteins doesn’t mean double the fevers and chills.
What Europe’s COVID Wave Means for the U.S.
New variants are coming. How worried should we be?
It’s Gotten Awkward to Wear a Mask
“It’s like showing up in a weird hat.”
Desperate Americans Are Getting Botox for Their Teeth
When mouth guards fail, are injections the answer?
The COVID Data That Are Actually Useful Now
Move over, case rates and hospitalizations. The next generation of COVID tracking is here.
Don’t Pay for Cord-Blood Banking
Umbilical blood can be a valuable treatment for rare diseases. But that doesn’t mean you need to pay thousands of dollars to bank your baby’s.
Doctors Still Struggle to Diagnose a Condition That Kills More Americans Than Stroke
Can computers crack the code of sepsis?
The Masks We’ll Wear in the Next Pandemic
N95s are good. Some scientists want to do much better.
Medium COVID Could Be the Most Dangerous COVID
After you’re infected, the first few months may pose the greatest risks.