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Dry Ice Is Hotter Than Ever
Solid carbon dioxide has long been essential to manufacturing, food processing, and high-school theater. Now it’s a key part of the race to get America vaccinated.
Pandemic Data Are About to Go Sideways
States are likely to report fewer coronavirus cases, but not because things are getting better.
A Tragic Beginning to the Holiday Season
COVID-19 hospitalizations have been at a record high for more than two weeks, and daily deaths have exceeded 2,000 for the first time since May.
Paging Dr. Hamblin: Is It Safe to See My Therapist in Person?
The benefit may very well outweigh any minor risk. But it’s all in how you do it.
The Logic of Pandemic Restrictions Is Falling Apart
This is why you can eat in a restaurant but can’t have Thanksgiving.
Answers to Every Possible Pandemic-Thanksgiving Question
There is no perfectly safe way to gather. That said, here’s how to make the holiday less dangerous.
The World’s Most Important Videoconference
How can Joe Biden build a government remotely during a pandemic?
Listen: How to Cancel Thanksgiving
Because you should.
Hospitals Know What’s Coming
“We are on an absolutely catastrophic path,” said a COVID-19 doctor at America’s best-prepared hospital.