The physicians and scientists of the Urgency of Normal are cherry-picking data in their push to end pandemic precautions, but are getting favorable mainstream media attention and support from wealthy, white communities that never felt the full brunt of Covid-19.

Thousands of urgent care clinics have popped up over the last decade. How safe are they?

Americans have heard conflicting advice from various public health agencies during this pandemic. The solution begins with local reform.

The president ran on ending the pandemic. What happened?

They’re responsible for a massive undercounting of Covid deaths in America. But that’s just the latest reason to get rid of this poorly regulated, overly politicized, and utterly unscientific relic of the colonial era.

As omicron spreads around the world, countries are adopting ineffective and divisive strategies. What’s really needed is cooperation.

Hurricane Ida, wildfire evacuations, and Orlando’s oxygen shortage all show that we need policy solutions to address multiple crises at once.

The person you’re trying to fool with that phony card is likely just an overtired bartender or HR administrator newly deputized into our chaotic public health infrastructure.

Thanks to one judge, members of the family that made billions from OxyContin could escape justice for their role in the opioid epidemic. Mike Quinn may be the best hope of holding them to account.

Celebrities, athletes, and pundits are dodging questions about their vaccination status by saying health decisions are personal. This is a cowardly cop-out that harms public health.

The heroes of Michael Lewis’s new book, “The Premonition,” are a band of intrepid policy entrepreneurs.

The science says it’s safe to start letting go of some of the strictures we’ve followed during the dark days of the pandemic.

The CDC recommends we double up on masks or opt for higher-quality filtration. That’s great guidance. Now help us pay for it.

Thousands of people have been suffering a slew of crazy postinfection syndromes for months—and there’s no end in sight.

Joe Biden has a generational opportunity to restore solidarity in the citizenry—through words alone.

During a summer of uprising and mutual aid, Nadine Little moved from park underpasses to hotels and back again. She’s not alone.

“It’s almost as if we’re guinea pigs in some way.”

New York City schools are supposed to be back in session in September. Are they ready?

Teachers routinely go above and beyond the call of duty, but hastily reopening schools during a pandemic puts students, families, and all of us at risk.

In the absence of a coherent government response to the pandemic, the private sector has stepped into the void with new disinfecting tools, surveillance apps, and cardboard.