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Paging Dr. Hamblin: How Dangerous Are Woodwinds?
Taking just a few basic precautions can help lower any potential risk.
How to Tell If Socializing Indoors Is Safe
As the weather gets colder, many Americans have no idea whether hanging out with other people inside is risky. That’s a big problem.
What Strength Really Means When You’re Sick
The metaphors that Trump and others use when talking about COVID-19 are making the pandemic worse.
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Why Trump’s Rapid-Testing Plan Worries Scientists
Experts were already divided on the right way to deploy new coronavirus tests. Then the White House barged ahead.
How a Bizarre Claim About Masks Has Lived on for Months
Why the wrong idea that wearing a mask can harm your health has lived on through multiple debunkings
Listen: The Bizarre, Inconsistent Story of Trump’s Illness
What did the president know and when did he know it?
The Complicit Physician
Americans need the bare truth from Trump’s doctor, not empty reassurances.
Trump’s Doctor Comes From a Uniquely American Brand of Medicine
Osteopathy was founded by a 19th-century healer who believed the body was a self-healing machine.
The President Is Not Well
Americans need an accurate account of Trump’s condition. They do not have one.