Even Health-Care Workers With Long COVID Are Being Dismissed
Medical professionals are used to being believed, but as patients, they found that their expertise didn’t matter.
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COVID Tests Weren’t Designed for This
Testing is so complicated because we’re asking it to do too much.
Everything Is a Multivitamin
A simple way to understand what’s actually inside all those miracle pills.
‘It Was Either Her Marriage or Our Funerals’
Years of severe drought have left some Afghan families with no choice but to marry off their young daughters.
COVID Sure Looks Seasonal Now
After two years of pandemic waves, we’re finally learning whether the disease has a predictable schedule.
The Pandemic’s Next Turn Hinges on Three Unknowns
A potential winter surge is up to vaccines, variants, and us.
The Double-Whammy COVID-Flu
It’s becoming clear that “coinfections” happen all the time. Just how bad are they?
Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves
About one in five health-care workers has left their job since the pandemic started. This is their story—and the story of those left behind.
The Grim Return of Outdoor Winter Dining
Dinner by propane light is back—for now.
The Day I Got Old
It just suddenly happened, and there isn’t a sports car in the world I can buy to make it otherwise.