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Starting a Revolution Isn’t Enough

Jennifer A. Doudna

September 12, 2022

DNA in rainbow letters

Monkeypox Doesn’t Need to Be Renamed

August 17, 2022

A statuette of a monkey covering its mouth, overlaid with red polka dots

Serving Patients Through a Screen

August 15, 2022

Picture of a stethoscope with air pods in place of the ear pieces

What an Alzheimer’s Controversy Reveals About the Pressures of Academia

David Robert Grimes

July 29, 2022

A magnifying glass half-obscured by a cloud

Admit It, Squirrels Are Just Tree Rats

July 8, 2022

An image of a squirrel on the left, and a rat on the right. They look very similar.

As if Mosquitoes Weren’t Evil Enough

July 3, 2022

A photo of mosquitoes

Side Effects May Include … A Completely New Hair Color?

June 22, 2022

An illustration of a DNA strands made of hair.

Readers Offer Their Moral Dilemmas

Conor Friedersdorf

May 16, 2022

Student walking on campus on their phone

Living With an Invisible Disability

April 8, 2022

What Can One Disease Do to a Landscape?

April 7, 2022

A puma, vicuñas, and a condor, with blue squiggly lines linking them

Endemicity Is Meaningless

Jacob Stern and Katherine J. Wu

February 1, 2022

A road sign showing a virus with arrows coming out of it in all directions

‘Euphoria’ Is My Favorite Depression

January 21, 2022

Zendaya as Rue in Euphoria

The Atlantic Daily: Three Reasons to Be Optimistic About the 2020s

December 29, 2021

Art of a wrecking ball with a smiley face on it

A Very Radical, Very Delicious Take on Risk Management

Rachel Gutman-Wei

December 29, 2021

Illustration of a face staring at a spoonful of cookie dough

COVID Sure Looks Seasonal Now

Rachel Gutman-Wei

November 20, 2021

A man wearing a face mask walks through the snow.

I Didn’t Know My Mom Was Dying. Then She Was Gone.

October 4, 2021

The author as a child with her mother near a gate, in black-and-white

Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning

September 13, 2021

A photo of a hospital bed with a graph superimposed, and a red line trending upwards

Not Everyone Can Afford to ‘Learn to Live With’ COVID-19

August 25, 2021

An illustration of the globe resting on a spot of coronavirus

One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats

Katherine J. Wu

July 28, 2021

a calico cat peeking out of the bottom of a photo

Then the Birds Began to Die

Elizabeth Bruenig

July 22, 2021

A dead white pigeon on pavement

Post-vaccination Infections Come in 2 Different Flavors

Katherine J. Wu

July 13, 2021

The word "breakthrough" haphazardly strewn about

A Grisly Skin Disease Is Creeping Into the American South

Agostino Petroni and Undark

June 27, 2021

An illustration of an image of a petri dish and Earth overlapping in a Venn diagram.

Immune Cells Are More Paranoid Than We Thought

Katherine J. Wu

June 8, 2021

canaries look at each other

I’m a Pediatrician. Get Your Child Vaccinated.

May 29, 2021

A young person wearing a mask receives a shot in the arm

I Worry I'll Be Left Behind When the Pandemic Ends

April 9, 2021

A woman scrolling through her iPad.

COVID-19 Is Different Now

March 26, 2021

An American flag is seen through a crowd of people crossing the road on December 13, 2020 in New York City.

Social Distance

Podcast: A History of Pandemic Xenophobia and Racism

March 25, 2021

Protester with a sign that reads "Asians are not viruses - racism is"

The Sad Déjà Vu of It’s a Sin

Spencer Kornhaber

March 11, 2021

A scene from 'It's a Sin'

I Survived Cancer, and Then I Needed to Remember How to Live

February 9, 2021

‘What If You Just Don’t Tell Anyone?’

January 17, 2021

A woman sitting outside by herself.

Social Distance

Listen: Coronavirus Mutations

January 15, 2021

Viruses under a microscope

Social Distance

Listen: The Bizarre, Inconsistent Story of Trump’s Illness

October 8, 2020

Trump Is a Super-Spreader of Disinformation

October 3, 2020

An illustration of Trump and coronavirus.

76 Days Is Unwatchable Yet Utterly Compelling

September 24, 2020

Two hospital workers in yellow hazmat suits rest on chairs in a dimly lit hallway

What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19

September 7, 2020

Social Distance

Listen: Is There a Vaccine Shortcut?

May 21, 2020