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US Counted Over 126,000 New COVID Infections Yesterday. What Are We Doing?
How much we come to regret our inaction will be counted in corpses once the snow melts.
The Time to Plan for Winter COVID Needs to Start Now
Omicron variant BA.5 is being described by scientists as “the worst version of the virus that we’ve seen.”
The Highland Park Shooting Was a Very American Attack
As our safe spaces dwindle and our fears rise, fascism finds an ever-growing foothold.
Experts Are Worried About the Potential of Another Brutal COVID Winter
Let us find our way to the new year without walking on a road of bones, again.
The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn’t Exist
The push to rose-color even the grimmest data stumbles over immunocompromised people like me.
Baby Formula Maker Chose Shareholders Over Safety Amid Deadly Bacterial Outbreak
New documents show Abbott issued stock buybacks instead of investing in equipment that could have saved babies' lives.
100 Million New COVID Infections Could Be Just Months Away
The federal government should prepare fully for the next COVID surge, drawing on hard-earned knowledge and tools.
Unease About Possible New COVID Surge Grows With Rise of BA.2 Variant
If BA.2 or another variant like it attacks with full force, our current “live with it” posture will leave us unprepared.
US Sewer Data and Surges Abroad Should Remind Us the Pandemic Isn’t Over
The news may tell you we're returning to “normalcy,” but 8,000 dead a week tells a different story.
Pneumonia Almost Killed Me. As COVID Restrictions Ease, I Fear for My Life.
In 2017, I was hit with pneumonia, and my lungs remain damaged. When “normal” arrives, it won’t be for everyone.