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Maybe Don’t Unleash the Kraken
The ways we’re talking about the coronavirus are only getting weirder.
Telehealth Is Filling Gaps in Sexual-Assault Care
Without it, some survivors would have to drive hours to access expert nurses.
A Mysterious Syndrome Can Strike Decades After Polio
As the number of polio doctors dwindles, the disease’s survivors are suffering alone.
I’m Sorry, but This COVID Policy Is Ridiculous
The recent attempt to limit the spread of disease from China makes no sense at all.
How Worried Should We Be About XBB.1.5?
Yet another new and highly transmissible subvariant of the coronavirus is taking over.
The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac Arrest
Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday Night Football calls attention to a medical myth that will not die.
74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2022
Where The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters found wonder in a sometimes-sobering year
People Are Fed Up With Rapid Tests
At-home swabbing still works just fine, but we can’t seem to escape false negatives. What gives?
No One Can Decide If Grapefruit Is Dangerous
The citrus can raise the level of dozens of drugs in the body—sometimes to a worrying degree, sometimes very much not.