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Is a Common Virus Suddenly Causing Liver Failure in Kids?
No one knows exactly why hundreds of kids have shown up with hepatitis, but investigators have some ideas.
The U.S. Is About to Make a Big Gamble on Our Next COVID Winter
Experts are expected to choose a vaccine recipe for the fall, when Omicron may or may not still be the globe’s dominant variant.
Can Anyone Out-Plan a Pandemic?
Bill Gates has a strategy to save the world from the next infectious threat. He’s not the first.
The Promising Treatment for Long COVID We’re Not Even Trying
Early anecdotes about Paxlovid’s effects on long COVID are intriguing, but no one’s testing them in clinical trials yet.
What Did Medieval Peasants Know?
The internet has become strangely nostalgic for life in the Middle Ages.
Paxlovid Mouth Is Real—And Gross
“I imagine this is what grapefruit juice mixed with soap would taste like.”
‘Better Than Omicron’ Is Still Pretty Bad
Compared with what the U.S. saw in January, the current rise in cases so far looks pretty chill. Is it, though?
America Is Starting to See What COVID Immunity Really Looks Like
With time and effort, we can build enough protection to blunt surges—but herd immunity remains out of reach.
Are We in the Middle of an Invisible COVID Wave?
No one’s actually sure.