The Empty Space Where Normal Once Lived
In the heat of COVID-19 and climate change, it’s too easy to forget what flourishing feels like.
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Everyone I Know Keeps Breaking Things
I’m running out of glasses.
A New Era of Coronavirus Testing Is About to Begin
A newly authorized test promises to double America’s monthly testing capacity, thanks in part to a huge purchase by the Trump administration. Can the test deliver?
What the ‘Emergency’ Blood-Plasma Debacle Reveals
If the FDA’s emergency authorizations aren’t used responsibly, they could lose their power.
Paging Dr. Hamblin: A Kid Tried to Pet My Dog and I Said No
Was that wrong?
Listen: The Comedy and Tragedy of Virtual Live Events
When events went online, they lost something indescribable. But did some of them gain something new?
The Worst Animal in the World
Every year, as many as 400 million people are infected with life-threatening diseases by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It wasn’t always so dangerous.
Paging Dr. Hamblin: My Daughter Needs Help Watching the Kids
School reopenings are putting extended family in precarious situations.
Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19
Without understanding the lingering illness that some patients experience, we can’t understand the pandemic.
The Lonely Work of Performing Funerals in Lima, Peru
Rodrigo Abd, a photojournalist with the Associated Press, recently spent time with Ronald Marin, a lay worker in Lima, as he served a community hard-hit by COVID-19.