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  1. health
    Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Narcan Over the CounterThe overdose-reversal drug could be available for purchase without a prescription as soon as late summer.
    By Nia Prater
  2. mental health
    4 Explanations for the Teen Mental-Health CrisisThe possible culprits include social media’s pernicious influence on adolescence, rising academic pressure, and helicopter parenting.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. plagued
    Mad ScientistsNowhere is the lab-leak debate more personal than among the experts investigating the origins of COVID.
    By James D. Walsh
  4. health
    What Happened to MayaWhen a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it?
    By Dyan Neary
  5. just asking questions
    Is Minoxidil Really a Miracle Cure for Baldness?Speaking with dermatologist Arash Mostaghimi about a blockbuster New York Times article and the difficult science of hair restoration.
    By Benjamin Hart
  6. business
    Milk Money: The Start-Ups Racing to Shake Up the Baby Formula IndustryThe national shortage that wreaked havoc for parents created an opening in the $4 billion market.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  7. covid-19
    When Will Young Kids Be Able to Get the COVID Vaccine?The FDA has authorized emergency use of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for children under 5.
    By Amanda Arnold, Danielle Cohen, and Bindu Bansinath
  8. monkeypox
    What the World Needed Now Was a Monkeypox OutbreakExperts say the risk of serious spread is low. President Biden said the outbreak is “something that everybody should be concerned about.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  9. psychedelics
    The Curious Life and Mind-Altering Death of Justin ClarkIt’s rare to become addicted to esoteric hallucinogens. But it’s not impossible.
    By Christopher Robbins
  10. covid-19
    How People on Medicare Can Get Free Home COVID Tests (Soon)Medicare beneficiaries were left out of the home COVID test reimbursement rule, but they’ll finally get free tests this spring. Here’s what we know.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. health
    America’s Overdose Crisis Got Much Worse During the PandemicThe U.S. hit 100,000 dead from ODs over a 12-month period for the first time.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. covid-19
    Cash Lotteries Didn’t Do Much to Boost Vaccination Rates, Study FindsA study in the JAMA Health Forum said a link between vaxx rates and lottery announcements was “statistically indistinguishable from zero.”
    By Nia Prater
  13. covid-19
    WHO Renames COVID Variants, Calling National Labels ‘Stigmatizing’The Greek alphabet will be used instead of Britain, Brazil, India, and so on.
    By Nia Prater
  14. coronavirus news
    AstraZeneca Says COVID-19 Vaccine Is 76 Percent Effective in Revised DataNew analysis shows a slight dip in the shot’s efficacy against symptomatic COVID, after U.S. officials said the company had used outdated data.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  15. investigations
    The Lab-Leak HypothesisFor decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. But what if …?
    By Nicholson Baker
  16. coronavirus
    The CDC Has Relaxed Its Quarantine GuidelinesPublic-health experts believe that a shorter period will improve overall compliance.
    By Amanda Arnold
  17. cruise ships
    ‘All People’ Should Avoid Cruise Ships, CDC WarnsIn case you needed a government agency to tell you.
    By Hannah Gold
  18. fear vs. fun
    Cops Bust 80-Person Party at a Sex Club in QueensThe illicit event was a swingers’ party organized by Caligula New York.
    By Bridget Read
  19. ugh
    Yet Another Cruise Ship Has Confirmed COVID OnboardThe first vessel to resume Caribbean sailing is reporting its first coronavirus cases.
    By Claire Lampen
  20. first person
    COVID Took My Grandfather. But It Wasn’t What Killed Him.His death, six months into the pandemic, is as political as it is biological.
    By Sarah Jones
  21. coronavirus news
    Pfizer Says Its COVID Vaccine May Be 90 Percent EffectiveThe news is exciting, but experts warn that the findings haven’t been peer-reviewed yet.
    By Amanda Arnold
  22. dr. fauci
    Dr. Fauci Predicts No ‘Semblances of Normality’ Until 2022Yikes.
    By Hannah Gold
  23. first person
    When Coronavirus Came to Sing Sing“We faced our worst fear: dying in prison.”
    By John J. Lennon
  24. the top line
    The Fitness Industry’s Pandemic Winners and LosersBusiness is booming for online class providers and golf courses, while gyms and apparel companies are in a tough spot.
    By Josh Barro
  25. covid-19
    What If They Make a Coronavirus Vaccine and Nobody Takes It?There are already clear signs that the public is suspicious about corners being cut.
    By Stephen S. Hall
  26. covid-19
    The Coronavirus Was Found on Frozen Chicken WingsChinese authorities say the meat was imported from Brazil.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  27. health
    COVID-19 Is Horrible — So Is Worrying You Might Have Infected Someone ElseOn one of the last days of normal life, I brought cupcakes to my first grader’s class. I didn’t know yet that I had COVID-19.
    By Willy Blackmore
  28. coronavirus
    Doctor Who Specializes in Long-Term COVID-19 Effects Is Alarmed by What He Sees“I feel like the population of this is going to be very large.”
    By James D. Walsh
  29. feature
    A Plague Is an Apocalypse. But It Can Bring a New World.Civilizations cause pandemics, collapse from them, and, sometimes, are remade by them.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  30. the national interest
    American Death CultWhy has the Republican response to the pandemic been so mind-bogglingly disastrous?
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. coronavirus testing
    6 People on Life After a Positive Coronavirus Antibody TestThere’s still much we don’t know about COVID antibodies and immunity. Six people discuss how testing positive has (and hasn’t) changed their behavior.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. diary of a hospital
    How One Brooklyn Hospital Survived Its Deadliest SpringCOVID-19 hit Mount Sinai Brooklyn early and hard. Now, the staff reflects on what they learned in a crisis.
    By Anna Silman
  33. coronavirus
    Safe Exit: The Risk-Mitigation Guide to Life After QuarantineSome dos and don’ts for your return to semi-normalcy.
    By Jeff Wise
  34. feature
    Two Hours Daily to Sanitize, Two Hours to CryAn emergency-room doctor struggles to keep it together — and find supplies.
    By Lisa Miller
  35. coronavirus
    The Mystery of ‘Excess Fatality’Death rates are exploding globally, and the coronavirus is just a fraction of the explanation.
    By James D. Walsh
  36. coronavirus
    Dear Rich People: Please Stop Hoarding ThingsCoronavirus is reinforcing social divisions that have existed for a long time.
    By Sarah Jones
  37. coronavirus
    Our Health-Care System Is Killing PeopleA heavily privatized system is no match for a major public-health crisis like the novel coronavirus.
    By Sarah Jones
  38. just asking questions
    Is ‘Viral Load’ Why Some People Get a Mild Case of COVID-19?A medical biologist on why the coronavirus might leave some hospitalized and others unaffected.
    By James D. Walsh
  39. coronavirus
    Sick Worker Says UPS ‘Puts Profits Over People’Warehouse workers and delivery drivers are carrying the American economy on their backs. Are they getting the working conditions they deserve?
    By Sarah Jones
  40. coronavirus
    ‘I Feel Like the Safeguards Have Failed’: A Q&A With a Nurse on the Front LinesA nurse tells us that when she tried to quarantine herself, her bosses told her to come to work anyway.
    By Sarah Jones
  41. coronavirus
    A Frank Talk About Testing, Vaccines, and Twitter TrollsUnpacking coronavirus with infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell.
    By Irin Carmon
  42. coronavirus
    For Some Diabetes Patients, the Coronavirus May Turn a Crisis Into an EmergencyThe cost of insulin already forces some people with diabetes to ration their medicine. What will they do during a pandemic?
    By Sarah Jones
  43. coronavirus
    Come On, You Live in a SocietyBelieve it or not, your actions affect other people.
    By Sarah Jones
  44. coronavirus
    As Coronavirus Panic Spreads, So Do the ScamsSorry, but essential oils, vitamins, and “nano-silver” aren’t going to protect you from COVID-19.
    By Sarah Jones
  45. coronavirus
    First Coronavirus Case Confirmed in New YorkGovernor Cuomo stated that a woman who traveled to Iran tested positive for Covid-19 and is “isolated in her home,” which is reportedly in Manhattan.
    By Matt Stieb
  46. coronavirus
    Whistle-blower: U.S. Health Workers Treated Coronavirus Without Proper TrainingA Health and Human Services official states that health workers who handled quarantined patients did so without “proper training or protective gear.”
    By Matt Stieb
  47. life after warming
    What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Climate ChangeAdaptation is not enough.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  48. coronavirus
    Trump Asks Congress for $2.5 Billion to Fight CoronavirusA former Health and Human Services official said that number would need to be about five times larger for it to make a serious impact.
    By Matt Stieb
  49. coronavirus
    Why Trump’s Coronavirus Response Continues to Cause ConcernsWith a pandemic looming, there are signs the Trump administration is improvising much of its strategy as it faces what may be its biggest crisis yet.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  50. coronavirus
    Everything We Know About the Coronavirus EpidemicThe death toll has passed 2,000, and there are about 75,000 reported cases worldwide.
    By Hannah Gold and Claire Lampen
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