Katherine J. Wu
Katherine J. Wu is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers science.
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Adam Maida / Getty / The Atlantic Coronavirus Reinfection Will Soon Become Our Reality
The virus can take many paths to reinvading a person’s body. Most of them shouldn’t scare us.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Delay a Shot? Skip One? Vaccine-Dosing Messaging Is a Nightmare.
Vaccine regimens need both science and public trust to succeed.
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Getty / Mark Harris The Body Is Far From Helpless Against Coronavirus Variants
The virus is evolving, but the antibodies that fight it can change, too.
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The Atlantic Leave Your Antibodies Alone
Antibody tests can determine whether your immune system has seen the coronavirus before—and not much else.
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Vanessa Saba The Pandemic Broke the Flu
This winter has been an extraordinarily quiet flu season. Scientists aren’t sure the silence will last.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Second COVID-19 Shot Is a Rude Reawakening for Immune Cells
Side effects are just a sign that protection is kicking in as it should.
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Ye Aung Thu /AFP / Getty How Bats Might Have Tamed the Coronavirus
The animals have a remarkable resilience to all sorts of diseases that afflict humans.
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