Experts Express Concern Over Airborne Spread of More Contagious Coronavirus

Prevention efforts must be…

Montana’s Mask Mandate Has Been Lifted. Why Aren’t All Montanans Celebrating?

Here’s what might work…

“I felt so suddenly immersed in the world that I realized how much I had been removed from it.”

Losing one’s sense of smell, or finding it altered, is one devastating symptom of Covid-19. It’s still not known how long it lasts. Many people who experience it are…

Do Those Disinfecting Lights Really Work?

Over on Medium’s gadget blog Debugger, tech expert Omar L. Gallaga answers the tech questions you were embarrassed to ask. This week he looks into whether those gadgets that have gained popularity during the pandemic can really keep you safe from Covid-19.

“Clearly, they seem to be more sick.”

In rare cases, kids who come down with Covid-19 develop a condition known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C. The condition, as Ashley Zlatopolsky wrote in Elemental last year, causes organs and tissues to become severely inflamed, and…

The Latest: The end of the winter surge

Dear Reader,

The winter surge is finally relenting. Across the United States, case counts, hospitalizations, and reported deaths have sharply dropped. This is encouraging news because it means that the steps we’re taking to control the…