The Brazil Variant Is Exposing the World’s Vulnerability
Somehow the coronavirus is rampaging through a city that was supposedly immune.
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They Called for Help. They’d Always Regret It.
Two families called 911 to get help for their sons. They didn’t know that they’d be thrusting them into a complex and often brutal system.
What’s the Use of a Pretty Good Vaccine?
New vaccines are falling short of the spectacular expectations set by Pfizer and Moderna. The world still needs them.
Podcast: Have We Turned the Corner?
Or is it still risky to be optimistic?
COVID-19 Deaths Are Still Rising
Hospitalizations are falling, but they are still higher than at any point before this current surge.
The World’s Best Tennis Players Are Serving Balls Into Hotel Mattresses
Two weeks of quarantine is a professional athlete’s worst nightmare.
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The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust
Patients say the “Rock Doc” helped them like no one else could. Federal prosecutors say his “help” often amounted to dealing drugs for sex.
The Dogs Trained to Sniff Out COVID-19
Images from around the world, showing canine COVID-19–detection programs under development
Ask Dr. Hamblin: Am I Wrong to Tell Someone to Pull Up Her Mask?
A woman who works in my pharmacy can’t seem to stay masked. Help.
The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship
There’s a reason you miss the people you didn’t even know that well.