Health

Dry Ice Is Hotter Than Ever

Solid carbon dioxide has long been essential to manufacturing, food processing, and high-school theater. Now it’s a key part of the race to get America vaccinated.

Pandemic Data Are About to Go Sideways

States are likely to report fewer coronavirus cases, but not because things are getting better.

A Tragic Beginning to the Holiday Season

COVID-19 hospitalizations have been at a record high for more than two weeks, and daily deaths have exceeded 2,000 for the first time since May.

Paging Dr. Hamblin: Is It Safe to See My Therapist in Person?

The benefit may very well outweigh any minor risk. But it’s all in how you do it.

The Logic of Pandemic Restrictions Is Falling Apart

This is why you can eat in a restaurant but can’t have Thanksgiving. ​​​

Answers to Every Possible Pandemic-Thanksgiving Question

There is no perfectly safe way to gather. That said, here’s how to make the holiday less dangerous.

Listen: How to Cancel Thanksgiving

Because you should.

Hospitals Know What’s Coming

“We are on an absolutely catastrophic path,” said a COVID-19 doctor at America’s best-prepared hospital.

Don’t Eat Inside a Restaurant

The risk of catching the coronavirus is much higher indoors.

The Final Pandemic Surge Is Crashing Over America

For the first time, the U.S. recorded 1 million COVID-19 cases in one week.

The End of the Pandemic Is Now in Sight

A year of scientific uncertainty is over. Two vaccines look like they will work, and more should follow.

Did Trump Delay the Arrival of At-Home Coronavirus Testing?

Some experts think that at-home testing can stop coronavirus outbreaks, and that the government should have been doing more to produce the tests.

Paging Dr. Hamblin: Will I Slowly Get Immunity Just Going About My Life?

A slight exposure to the coronavirus isn’t likely to lead to lasting protection. At least not yet.

The Last Children of Down Syndrome

Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.

Hospitals Can’t Go On Like This

Twenty-two percent of American hospitals don’t have enough workers right now.

The Pandemic Safety Rule That Really Matters

Don’t spend time indoors with people outside your household.

Cancel Thanksgiving

This is a moment for creativity.

It’s Time to Hunker Down

A devastating surge is here. Unless Americans act aggressively, it will get much larger, very quickly.

Listen: A 90 Percent Effective Vaccine

The lead principal investigator of the Pfizer vaccine trial explains the news that it’s 90 percent effective.

‘No One Is Listening to Us’

More people than ever are hospitalized with COVID-19. Health-care workers can’t go on like this.