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Is the COVID 'emergency' over? After three long years, we may be at an 'inflection point' Illustrated | Gettyimages DEVIKA RAO The Week, FEBRUARY 2, 2023 The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the COVID-19 pandemic is nearing its "inflection point." Does this mean that, after nearly three years, the emergency is over? Here's everything you need to know: What's a pandemic 'inflection point'..

Credit...Photo illustration by Jamie Chung for The New York Times The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier A wave of parents has been radicalized by Covid-era misinformation to reject ordinary childhood immunizations — with potentially lethal consequences. By Moises Velasquez-Manoff The New York Times Magazine Published May 25, 2022, Updated May 31, 2022 The mother of four brought her children, ..

Therapy for a patient recovering from drug addiction at the Shiliping rehabilitation centre in Zhejiang Province, China in June 2014. Photo by William Hong/Reuters Bad therapy Some psychotherapeutic approaches are not only ineffective, they’re actively harmful. We’re now starting to identify them by Yevgeny Botanov, Alexander Williams & John Sakaluk + BIO Yevgeny Botanov is a licensed clinical p..

Colored Toilet Paper Were Almost in Everything Bathroom From the 1950s Throughout the 1970s Vintage everyday May 16, 2022 Toilet paper and facial tissue weren’t always just white. Back in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, toilet paper came in designer colors to match the vivid colors of bathrooms and fixtures of the era. So, where did the rainbow of luxurious softness for your sweet derriere and cute li..

The New Neurasthenia How burnout became the buzzword of the moment Frankie Leon Charlie Tyson The Baffler March 15, 2022 The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives by Jonathan Malesic. University of California Press, 288 pages. What do bankers, TikTok influencers, and Prince Harry have in common? This sounds like the run-up to the world’s most boring joke, but the answe..

The Coronavirus Will Surprise Us Again The variant after Omicron could look very different from any yet. By Sarah Zhang The Atlantic, January 29, 2022 Getty; The Atlantic To understand how the coronavirus keeps evolving into surprising new variants with new mutations, it helps to have some context: The virus’s genome is 30,000 letters long, which means that the number of possible mutation combin..

Seriously, Upgrade Your Face Mask Omicron is everywhere. Dr. Abraar Karan explains why cloth masks don’t cut it. By Chas Danner Intelligencer, Dec. 30, 2021 Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images Throughout the pandemic, wearing a face mask has been one of the best ways that anyone can easily reduce their risk of catching or spreading COVID-19. ..

5 Tools to Cope With Anxiety When Therapy Isn’t an Option By Brooke LaMantia The CUT, Dec. 27, 2021 Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images While it might feel like everyone you know is in therapy, more than a third of Americans live in an area with a shortage of mental-health professionals; plus, the need for therapy has only increased during the pandemic. Aside from that, so much ..

Covid-19 is likely to fade away in 2022 But the taming of the coronavirus conceals failures in public health by Edward Carr: Deputy editor, The Economist The Economist Nov 8th 2021 PANDEMICS DO NOT die—they fade away. And that is what covid-19 is likely to do in 2022. True, there will be local and seasonal flare-ups, especially in chronically undervaccinated countries. Epidemiologists will also ..

Whole Foods Market, Union Square, New York. Photo by Christopher Anderson/Magnum The food wars Vitamins or whole foods; high-fat or low-fat; sugar or sweetener. Will we ever get a clear idea about what we should eat? Amos Zeeberg Aeon 6 September 2021 Amos Zeeberg is a freelance journalist who covers technology and science. His writing has appeared in magazines including The New Yorker and The A..