The CDC is relaxing indoor mask guidelines and shaking up how it measures COVID risk By Purbita Saha / Feb 25, 2022
Dust clouds are killing people out West—and the dangers could spread By Virginia Gewin / Feb 24, 2022
A ‘living’ cancer drug helped two patients stay disease-free for a decade By Kate Baggaley / Feb 17, 2022
Kamila Valieva’s ‘doping’ drug probably doesn’t give athletes an edge By Philip Kiefer / Feb 16, 2022
COVID-19 is overcrowding cemeteries and causing heavy metal pollution By Anuradha Varanasi / Feb 12, 2022
A highly virulent, but treatable, HIV strain has been quietly circulating since the ’90s By Maggie Galloway / Feb 3, 2022
Insurance coverage for at-home tests could help stop the rise in STIs By Kate Baggaley / Jan 24, 2022
The deadly combination behind the surge of ‘superbug’ fungus outbreaks By Philip Kiefer / Jan 21, 2022
Inside the lab using bones to study COVID and hearing loss By Elizabeth Landau / Undark / Jan 19, 2022
What the Supreme Court’s decision on vaccine mandates means for Americans By Debbie Kaminer / The Conversation / Jan 18, 2022
Tonga is fighting multiple disasters after a historic volcanic explosion By Hannah Seo / Jan 18, 2022
How does BMI change your COVID-19 risk? The answer reveals how little we know about body fat and health. By Isobel Whitcomb / Jan 3, 2022
Why it’s so hard to make quick, accurate estimates on new COVID variants By Philip Kiefer / Jan 3, 2022
What to do if you test positive for COVID, were exposed, or have symptoms By Philip Kiefer / Jan 2, 2022
Omicron isn’t overtaking Delta as quickly as the CDC thought—and that’s bad news By Hannah Seo / Dec 29, 2021
Why the CDC just shortened COVID quarantines to 5 days for asymptomatic cases By Hannah Seo / Dec 28, 2021
A North Carolina town struggles under the toxic shadow of the company that built it By Emily Cataneo/Undark / Dec 16, 2021
The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe. By Kate Baggaley / Dec 16, 2021
Researchers are racing to figure out if Omicron can beat our vaccines By Philip Kiefer / Dec 13, 2021
Omicron may not be more dangerous than other variants, early hospital report suggests By Hannah Seo / Dec 6, 2021
These urologists are setting the record straight about penises and COVID By Hallie Lieberman / Dec 3, 2021
New information may explain why the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine caused blood clots By Hannah Seo / Dec 2, 2021