The Coronavirus Outbreak
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Better Face Masks Are Possible: Here Are Some Winning Designs
High-quality masks called respirators, such as N95s and KN95s, offer strong protection against the spread of COVID-19. But when it…
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A Guide to the Different Omicron Subvariants
Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can be forgiven if they’ve lost track of the latest variants circulating nationally…
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Nose Spray Vaccines Could Quash COVID Virus Variants
The relentless evolution of the COVID-causing coronavirus has taken a bit of the shine off the vaccines developed during the…
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Climate Change Will Boost Viral Outbreaks
Over the next 50 years, climate change could drive more than 15,000 new cases of mammals transmitting viruses to other…
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Are ‘COVID Toes’ Actually Caused by the Coronavirus?
In March 2020, just as COVID-19 cases began to surge in Boston, Massachusetts, Esther Freeman noticed something peculiar—a deluge of…
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The Lab-Leak Hypothesis Made It Harder for Scientists to Seek the Truth
Whenever scientific findings threaten people’s sense of control over their lives, conspiracy theories are never far behind. The emergence of…
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How a Virus Exposed the Myth of Rugged Individualism
For countless Americans, there was a dull but persistent pain to prepandemic life: high-priced housing, nearly inaccessible health care, underresourced…
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