A New Strategy for Staying One Step Ahead of the Virus
We’re tracking how the virus is changing over time. Why not monitor immunity too?
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How to Time Your Second Booster
The effects of the first one may be fading. When will it be time for seniors to re-up?
Feeling Herd
What I learned from a steer named Chico
The Pandemic After the Pandemic
Long COVID isn’t going away, and we still do not have a way to fully prevent it, cure it, or really to quantify it.
Vaccinating Kids Has Never Been Easy
Uptake of COVID vaccines for kids has been slow, but it has been slow for other vaccines too.
Restaurant Vaccine Mandates Were Set Up to Fail
Did they keep dining rooms safer? Probably a little. Did they persuade many people to get a shot? Maybe not.
The Coronavirus’s Next Move
Here are four shapes that the next variant might take—which will also dictate the shape of our response.
My Pandemic Baby Has Made This So Much Easier
She was born as the first U.S. surge began, and we’ve been living in that reality ever since.
How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?
The U.S. is nearing 1 million recorded COVID-19 deaths without the social reckoning that such a tragedy should provoke. Why?
Why America Loves Love Is Blind
The hit dating show is unsettling—and also completely relatable.