Every fall, when the air turns chilly and the leaves red, pediatric ICUs begin preparing for the onslaught of the virus known as RSV. Not flu, not COVID,…
Read more We Can Finally Do Something About the Third ‘Tripledemic’ VirusEmergency responses—being, well, emergency responses—aren’t designed to last forever, and this morning, the World Health Organization declared the one that’s been in place for the COVID-19 pandemic since…
Read more Only the Emergency Has EndedTo be a newborn in the year 2023—and, almost certainly, every year that follows—means emerging into a world where the coronavirus is ubiquitous. Babies might not meet the…
Read more The COVID Question That Will Take Decades to AnswerIn one very specific and mostly benign way, it’s starting to feel a lot like the spring of 2020: Disinfection is back. “Bleach is my friend right now,”…
Read more Norovirus Is Almost Impossible to StopIn the early spring of 2020, the condition we now call long COVID didn’t have a name, much less a large community of patient advocates. For the most…
Read more The Future of Long COVIDThese days, strolling through downtown New York, where I live, is like picking your way through the aftermath of a party. In many ways, it is exactly that:…
Read more Outdoor Dining Is DoomedIn the two-plus years that COVID vaccines have been available in America, the basic recipe has changed just once. The virus, meanwhile, has belched out five variants concerning…
Read more Is COVID Immunity Hung Up on Old Variants?After nearly three years of constantly thinking about COVID, it’s alarming how easily I can stop. The truth is, as a healthy, vaxxed-to-the-brim young person who has already…
Read more What Does It Mean to Care About COVID Anymore?
