Bird flu, at this point, is somewhat of a misnomer. The virus, which primarily infects birds, is circulating uncontrolled around...

In the early days of the pandemic, one of the scariest and most surprising features of SARS-CoV-2 was its stealth....

The lab-leak theory lives! Or better put: It never dies. In response to new but unspecified intelligence, the U.S. Department...

For the past few weeks, my daily existence has been scored by the melodies of late winter: the drip of...

Last month, at a dining table in a sunny New York City hotel suite, I found myself thrown completely off...

In one very specific and mostly benign way, it’s starting to feel a lot like the spring of 2020: Disinfection...

For many Americans, wearing a mask has become a relic. But fighting about masks, it seems, has not. Masking has...

In the early spring of 2020, the condition we now call long COVID didn’t have a name, much less a...

I grew up in a nonstick-pan home. No matter what was on the menu, my dad would reach for the...

A few weeks ago, a three-inch square of plastic and metal began, slowly and steadily, to upend my life. The...