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Health

Rhode Island Kept Its Schools Open. This Is What Happened.

Some teachers and students got sick. Principals had to improvise constantly. But it worked—mostly.

Susan Dominus New York Times Magazine Feb 2021 30min Permalink

Health Travel

Once Upon a Time in Central Florida

Inside Give Kids the World Village, where the ice cream is unlimited, nightly tuck-ins from six-foot bunny rabbits are complimentary, and Santa Claus visits every Thursday.

Katherine LaGrave Afar Feb 2021 25min Permalink

Health

Inside the Worst-Hit County in the Worst-Hit State in the Worst-Hit Country

When COVID-19 surged through a North Dakota community, a battle with the pandemic became a battle among its residents.

Atul Gawande New Yorker Feb 2021 40min Permalink

Politics Health

The Fight for an Equitable Energy Economy for the Navajo Nation

Diné activist Nicole Horseherder’s long quest for equity from the rise and fall of the coal economy.

Jessica Kutz High Country News Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Best Article Science Health

The Forgotten Sense

Could the pandemic teach us why our sense of smell matters?

Brooke Jarvis New York Times Magazine Jan 2021 35min Permalink

Health

Doctor Do-Little

​The case against Anthony Fauci.

Sam Adler-Bell The Drift Jan 2021 20min Permalink

Science Health

What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?

Thousands of patients report lingering symptoms. Can research into another mysterious syndrome help?

Moises Velasquez-Manoff New York Times Magazine Jan 2021 Permalink

Crime Health

The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust

Patients say the “Rock Doc” helped them like no one else could. Federal prosecutors say his “help” often amounted to dealing drugs for sex.

Olga Khazan The Atlantic Jan 2021 30min Permalink

Best Article Health

How I Helped My Dad Die

His body wrecked by ALS, the author’s father insisted that his death, like his life, was his to control.

Esmé E Deprez Bloomberg Businessweek Jan 2021 20min Permalink

World Health

He Should Have Been A Boy

He was born Linda, but ten years ago Daniel came out as a transgender man. He changed his name to Daniel Valter Jensen, got a new social security number and grew a full beard.

Line Vaaben Dagbladet Information Jan 2021 20min Permalink

Politics Health

Everything Is Broken

“This disconnect between culturally mandated politics and the actual demonstrated preferences of most Americans has created an enormous reserve of unmet needs—and a generational opportunity.”

Alana Newhouse Tablet Jan 2021 40min Permalink

Crime Health

Your Body, Your Self, Your Surgeon, His Instagram

An internet-famous plastic surgeon faces hard questions, and a lawsuit, after building his brand on his patients’ bodies.

Katherine Laidlaw Wired Jan 2021 Permalink

Health

Intimate Odyssey

On modern motherhood and the birth narrative.

Julia Cooke Virginia Quarterly Review Jan 2021 25min Permalink

Health

What the Bay Area Can Teach Us About Fighting a Pandemic

The region’s hyper-local response has lessons for us as we confront the winter wave and begin to distribute vaccines.

Jay Caspian Kang The New Yorker Jan 2021 25min Permalink

Science Health

Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us

As vaccines roll out, the U.S. will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget.

Ed Yong The Atlantic Dec 2020 25min Permalink

Health

How the School Reopening Debate Is Tearing One of America’s Most Elite Suburbs Apart

In a district where parents are epidemiologists and health policy experts, the meltdown happened one Zoom meeting at a time

Noreen Malone Slate Dec 2020 30min Permalink

Science Health Travel

The Secret Formula

Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer? One man thought so—and spent a lifetime trying to prove it.

Steven Lance The Atavist Magazine Dec 2020 1h10min Permalink

Health Travel

The Cruise Ship Suicides

Confined mostly to tiny cabins as the pandemic unfolded, crew members struggle to cope.

Austin Carr Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Arts Health

These Precious Days

The author’s chance encounter with Tom Hanks leads to a dear and lasting friendship with his assistant.

Ann Patchett Harper's Dec 2020 1h20min Permalink

History Health

The Plague Year

The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy.

Lawrence Wright New Yorker Dec 2020 2h Permalink

World Health

To Stay or To Go?

Amid coronavirus outbreaks, migrants face the starkest of choices: Risking their lives in U.S. detention or returning home to the dangers they fled.

Hannah Dreier Washington Post Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Business Health

How SoulCycle Lost Its Soul

The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.

Alex Abad-Santos Vox Dec 2020 30min Permalink

Health

Leaving the Grace of This World

A nephew investigates his uncle’s suicide

Brad Rassler Outside Dec 2020 Permalink

Health

How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men

They were pillars of their communities and families, and they are not replaceable. To understand why COVID-19 killed so many young Black men, you need to know the legend of John Henry.

Akilah Johnson, Nina Martin ProPublica Dec 2020 30min Permalink

World Health

Germany vs. The Virus

While Covid-19 deaths in the United States skyrocket, Germans have managed to largely contain the damage. What do we need to learn?

Annalisa Quinn Boston Globe Magazine Nov 2020 20min Permalink

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