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The Doctor Will Sniff You Now

Step aside, Dr. House, Deep Nose will one day be the best diagnostician in medicine.

February 3, 2021

The Dangerous Evolution of the Coronavirus

These scientists have a new model for identifying variants before they kill.

January 27, 2021

How to Fix the Vaccine Rollout

A computational biologist charts a fair and efficient course for vaccine distribution.

January 20, 2021

How to Build Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines

Why people distrust vaccines and how they can be convinced otherwise.

The Importance of Face Masks and the Tragedy of Downplaying Them

An infectious disease expert brings us up to date on the science of wearing a face mask.

September 23, 2020

We Don’t Have to Despair

Medical research director Eric Topol sees light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.

August 12, 2020

Young and Healthy and Waiting to Get Cancer

The hardest part of living with the BRCA1 gene.

May 27, 2020

The Health Clinic Crisis on Main Street

Community health centers, a lifeline for Americans, are in critical condition.

May 20, 2020

Summer Won’t Save Us from COVID-19

Why SARS-CoV-2 will threaten us for months to come.

April 9, 2020

Can a Battery of New COVID Tests Stem the US Debacle?

Medical testing has been a Pearl Harbor. But the war could be won.

April 8, 2020