The Coffee Alternative Americans Just Can’t Get Behind
The yerba mate in U.S. grocery stores is nothing like the real brew.
Trying to Stop Long COVID Before It Even Starts
New data offer hope that chronic illness can be headed off with the right combination of drugs.
Don’t Fear the Handshake
The gesture has survived plenty of outbreaks before COVID, and it will almost certainly outlast more to come.
May the Best Stove Win
Joe Biden isn’t banning gas stoves. They might be doomed anyway.
The Case for ‘Kraken’
Any name for the coronavirus is better than a jumble of letters and numbers.
Are Our Immune Systems Stuck in 2020?
You never forget your first time with SARS-CoV-2.
Maybe Don’t Unleash the Kraken
The ways we’re talking about the coronavirus are only getting weirder.
Telehealth Is Filling Gaps in Sexual-Assault Care
Without it, some survivors would have to drive hours to access expert nurses.
A Mysterious Syndrome Can Strike Decades After Polio
As the number of polio doctors dwindles, the disease’s survivors are suffering alone.
I’m Sorry, but This COVID Policy Is Ridiculous
The recent attempt to limit the spread of disease from China makes no sense at all.
How Worried Should We Be About XBB.1.5?
Yet another new and highly transmissible subvariant of the coronavirus is taking over.
The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac Arrest
Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday Night Football calls attention to a medical myth that will not die.
74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2022
Where The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters found wonder in a sometimes-sobering year
People Are Fed Up With Rapid Tests
At-home swabbing still works just fine, but we can’t seem to escape false negatives. What gives?
No One Can Decide If Grapefruit Is Dangerous
The citrus can raise the level of dozens of drugs in the body—sometimes to a worrying degree, sometimes very much not.
How Many Republicans Died Because the GOP Turned Against Vaccines?
Party leaders are unquestionably complicit in the premature deaths of their own supporters.
Should Everyone Be Masking Again?
’Tis the season to cover your nose and mouth.
Nasal Vaccines Are Here
Now they’re being used in China. But do they work?
Maybe Consider Not Kissing That Baby
Close your mouth and step away from the human.
Consider Armadillo COVID
Animals could give us the virus—again.