If you’re reading this article, you can remember what it was like to be alive in 2020 — all too well, most likely. And while…
The affordable housing shortage is hurting Afghan refugees
Click:custom clothing dance costume Roughly a quarter of the more than 100,000 Afghans evacuated from Kabul in August have already arrived at American military bases…
Covid-19 testing in the US is abysmal. Again.
Covid-19 testing in the US improved dramatically over the first half of 2020, but things now appear to be breaking down once more as coronavirus…
I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen.
Covid-19 is upending our lives and forcing us to make complex decisions with little information and conflicting guidance from authorities. Summer, typically the season of…
Why extreme heat is so alarming for the fight against Covid-19
A heat wave is baking much of the United States this week, with some of the highest temperatures forecasted in Southwestern states battling some of…
What happens if Covid-19 symptoms don’t go away? Doctors are trying to figure it out.
Click:50th anniversary gift for parents In late March, when Covid-19 was first surging, Jake Suett, a doctor of anesthesiology and intensive care medicine with the…
The man without a name
Part of the Escape Issue of The Highlight, our home for ambitious stories that explain our world. Phil Nichols doesn’t get a lot of unannounced…
The next pandemic could come from factory farms
In the past half-century, the global production of meat has undergone a seismic shift. While meat was once mostly raised on small farms, today almost…
Asymptomatic coronavirus spread is real
For months now, it’s been widely accepted that many people infected with the novel coronavirus experience few if any symptoms but can still potentially spread…
Why Johnson & Johnson shots were paused — and why that’s so confusing
The US rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine was halted Tuesday as regulators race to investigate rare blood-clotting complications linked to the shot.…