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Epidemiology

Health

Doctor Do-Little

​The case against Anthony Fauci.

Sam Adler-Bell The Drift Jan 2021 20min Permalink

Science Health

Covid's Cassandra: The Swift, Complicated Rise of Eric Feigl-Ding

He’s an expert on Twitter virality, but not on infectious disease. Does he do more help or harm?

Jane C. Hu Undark Nov 2020 Permalink

Health

‘Something Extremely Bad Is Happening Here’

Teens are dying by suicide at an alarming rate. Public health officials call it a crisis. Researchers have identified several clusters nationwide. The survivors in this Arizona community are fighting back.

Matthew Shaer Esquire Oct 2020 25min Permalink

Science

Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing

A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend.

Ed Yong The Atlantic Apr 2020 25min Permalink

Science Health

Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead. New York’s Did Not

The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently.

Charles Duhigg New Yorker Apr 2020 Permalink

Science

Epidemiology: Study of a Lifetime

A group of scientists started tracking thousands of British children born during one cold March week in 1946. Those children are now 65 and the data generated through careful tracking of their life history has become extremely valuable.

Helen Pearson Nature Mar 2011 15min Permalink