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Getty / The Atlantic What J&J Can Still Teach Us
A vaccine’s value isn’t just in its peak performance.
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José Pedro Granadeiro / University of Lisbon It’s Not You, It’s Climate Change
Warming oceans could be driving albatrosses to divorce unnecessarily.
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Andrew Aitchison / Getty The One Thanksgiving Necessity America Forgot to Stock
Your turkey won’t be the most expensive thing on the table anymore.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic Parents Still Have a Thanksgiving Problem
A first COVID shot will give kids some protection, but none of them will be fully vaccinated until the beginning of December.
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Mario Tama / Getty You’re Boosted! Now What?
No one knows exactly what the rules are for post-booster behavior.
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Michael Loccisano / Getty Five Big Questions About COVID Vaccines for Kids
With FDA authorization for a kid-size COVID vaccine pending, a pediatrician and infectious-disease expert weighs in on what’s next.
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A lesser honeyguide emerging from its egg. (Claire … Do You Even Lift, Embryo?
Cuckoos spend their early days murdering fellow nestmates. To pull it off, they start bodybuilding inside the egg.
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Emily Elconin / Getty No One Will Stop You From Getting Whatever Booster You Want
The CDC indicated that it would move toward a hands-off stance: Booster-eligible people should stick with one brand, but may mix and match at will.
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The Atlantic The Good Part About ‘Waning’ Immunity
You might have fewer antibodies now. But they’re better than the ones you started with.
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The Atlantic Nine Pandemic Words That Almost No One Gets Right
Actually, you’re probably not in quarantine.
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp Timing Is Everything for Merck’s COVID Pill
The drug, molnupiravir, is named after Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir. But its power depends on reaching the right people, in the right time frame.
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WaterFrame / Alamy These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life
Photosynthesis is about the plantiest thing on Earth. The little green thieves manage to pull it off anyway.
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Greg Nash-Poo/ l Getty; The Atlantic CDC Director: ‘Walk, Don’t Run’ to Get Your Booster
While some Pfizer recipients can now get an extra shot, federal officials are still mum on what’s next for the at-risk individuals who got Moderna or J&J.
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The Atlantic The Nonsensical Loophole in Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
A weather report can’t replace an umbrella, and a coronavirus test can’t replace a shot.
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Jamie Hodgson / Getty The Most Important Vaccine I’ll Get This Fall
After last year’s eerie lull, flu viruses could be poised to return packing a bigger punch.
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Josep Gutierrez / Getty / The Atlantic ‘Post-Vax COVID’ Is a New Disease
Eventually we might all have to deal with COVID-19—but a shorter, gentler version, thanks to vaccines.
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Hannah Beier / Bloomberg / Getty Sorry, a Coronavirus Infection Might Not Be Enough to Protect You
Anyone who’d rather have COVID-19 than get vaccinated is taking two gambles: that immunity will stick around, and that symptoms won’t.
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Irene Mendez Cruz / Cornell University Hummingbirds Have an Easy Way to Fool Harassers
Male white-necked jacobins sport bright-blue feathers. So do the stealthiest females.
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Matt Chase The Coronavirus Could Get Worse
Delta is far from the last variant. But what shape the virus takes next depends on us.
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Kevin Schafer / Alamy The Best Kind of Aging Brain
Unlike humans, cuttlefish can form crystal-clear memories even in their final weeks.
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