September 7 was Brazil’s Independence Day, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro used the occasion to continue his assault on the country’s democratic institutions. Bolsonaro had “Brazil escaped a January 6-style insurrection — for now”
Month: April 2022
I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen.
Covid-19 is upending our lives and forcing us to make complex decisions with little information and conflicting guidance from authorities. Summer, typically the season of “I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen.”
Covid-19 testing in the US is abysmal. Again.
Covid-19 testing in the US improved dramatically over the first half of 2020, but things now appear to be breaking down once more as coronavirus “Covid-19 testing in the US is abysmal. Again.”
What happens if Covid-19 symptoms don’t go away? Doctors are trying to figure it out.
In late March, when Covid-19 was first surging, Jake Suett, a doctor of anesthesiology and intensive care medicine with the National Health Service in Norfolk, “What happens if Covid-19 symptoms don’t go away? Doctors are trying to figure it out.”
“This is exactly what we’ve been warning about”: Why some school reopenings have backfired
Many schools across the US gambled on offering in-person classes in early August, even as their states were still battling uncontrolled spread of Covid-19. In ““This is exactly what we’ve been warning about”: Why some school reopenings have backfired”
The man without a name
Part of the Escape Issue of The Highlight, our home for ambitious stories that explain our world. Phil Nichols doesn’t get a lot of unannounced “The man without a name”
The next pandemic could come from factory farms
In the past half-century, the global production of meat has undergone a seismic shift. While meat was once mostly raised on small farms, today almost “The next pandemic could come from factory farms”
Trump’s “Sharpiegate” grudge may have cost NOAA’s acting chief scientist his job
Remember Sharpiegate? It turns out that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may still be reeling from that episode, when President Trump’s refusal to “Trump’s “Sharpiegate” grudge may have cost NOAA’s acting chief scientist his job”
Why Johnson & Johnson shots were paused — and why that’s so confusing
The US rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine was halted Tuesday as regulators race to investigate rare blood-clotting complications linked to the shot. “Why Johnson & Johnson shots were paused — and why that’s so confusing”
Scientists haven’t figured out long Covid. Here are 5 of their best hypotheses.
Most people who get the coronavirus will fully recover and go right back to their lives. But the latest research suggests that at least 10 “Scientists haven’t figured out long Covid. Here are 5 of their best hypotheses.”