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I’m Supposed To Be in a Wedding. Will I Risk Bringing COVID-19 Home to My Kids?
A reader asks for help navigating a tricky question
Many U.S. At-Home COVID-19 Test Results Could Be Going Unreported
Creating yet another hole in the pandemic data
Driven by the Delta Variant, the Fourth Wave of COVID-19 in the U.S. Could Be Worse Than the Third. In Some States, It Already Is
Driven by the Delta variant, the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the U.S. could be worse than the third. In some states, it already is
After Shunning Free Beer and Savings Bonds, the Fourth COVID-19 Wave Is Convincing Holdouts To Finally Get Vaccinated
For the first time since April, the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination rate is consistently on the rise—driven largely by hard-hit Southern states
The Latest IPCC Report Says We’re Probably Going to Pass the 1.5°C Climate Threshold. What’s Next?
Three years ago the United Nations climate science body issued a landmark report warning that the planet was on track to blow past efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, a threshold that it warned would bring catastrophic and irreversible effects of climate change. But in that same report, the Intergovernmental Panel…
The Latest IPCC Report Says We’re Probably Going to Pass the 1.5°C Climate Threshold. What’s Next?
Three years ago the United Nations climate science body issued a landmark report warning that the planet was on track to blow past efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, a threshold that it warned would bring catastrophic and irreversible effects of climate change. But in that same report, the Intergovernmental Panel…
The One Silver Lining in the Bleak IPCC Report
Climate scientists are blaming weather disasters on climate change. That could be a weapon in the fight to cut emissions
The Language Of Climate Change Just Changed in a Major Way
In so many ways, not much has changed since the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—perhaps the premiere climate science-and-policy organization in the world—published its last major report in 2014. Just as it was seven years ago, the latest edition, published on Aug. 8, is largely gloomy in outlook, with grim warnings of…
Clinics Won’t Provide It. Insurers Won’t Cover It. So Will the First Alzheimer’s Drug Make a Difference?
The FDA approved the first treatment for the memory disorder, but it won’t be easy for patients to get it
The World Has Been On Fire For the Past Month. Here’s What It Looks Like
Flames light up hillsides in British Columbia. Smoke swells over highways into Athens. A swimming pool in California is surrounded by charred rubble. Thick forests in Siberia lie shriveled and brown. Countries across the northern hemisphere this summer are experiencing the worst wildfires in years of recorded history, with large swaths of land and entire…
Populations are Booming in Flood-Prone Areas—Especially in Developing Countries
The number of people living in flood-prone areas is growing faster than in other places, and at a much faster rate than scientists had previously expected, a study published Aug. 4 in the journal Nature finds. It’s a worrying sign that human settlements are not prepared for increased flood risks in the climate crisis. Researchers…
She Helped New York Through the Worst of the Pandemic. Then the Nightmare Followed Her Home
Dr. Rebecca Martin witnessed the horrors of the pandemic in New York City in the spring of 2020. Now she's seeing them again at home in Arkansas, where vaccination levels are low and COVID-19 cases are rising