James Hamblin
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.
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Clara Margais / AP Farewell to Masks (For Now)
The value of masks is falling. But it may rise again.
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Amanda Voisard / The Washington Post /Getty Vaccine Lottery Tickets Are Sad, but Also Perfect
Incentives may feel condescending, but they are what America does best.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic We Can’t Hide in Our Bubble of Immunity Forever
As Americans abandon masks, the world is suffering around them.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic A Year Without Germs
Months of exuberant hand-sanitizing and social isolation during the pandemic have changed our exposure to microbes, in ways good and bad.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic One Vaccine to Rule Them All
What if a single vaccine could protect us against SARS, MERS, COVID-19, and every other coronavirus-related disease, forever and ever?
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The Atlantic A Better Solution Than Laminating Your Vaccine Card
Political grandstanding about vaccine passports serves no one.
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George Etheridge / The New York Times / … The Urgency of Vaccinating Kids
The fact that many adults are still refusing the vaccine makes immunizing children even more important.
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Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty COVID-19 Is Different Now
The coronavirus is changing. So is the disease it causes.
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GRAEME JENNINGS / AFP / GETTY The Pandemic Is Ending
In millions of small ways, every day. How long it takes is up to us.
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Patrick T. FALLON / AFP / Getty The False Dilemma of Post-Vaccination Risk
We’ll never know for sure how contagious people are after they’re vaccinated, but we do know how they should act.
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Gabby Jones / Redux A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer
Families will gather. Restaurants will reopen. People will travel. The pandemic may feel like it’s behind us—even if it’s not.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Brazil Variant Is Exposing the World’s Vulnerability
Somehow the coronavirus is rampaging through a city that was supposedly immune.
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Julian Montague Ask Dr. Hamblin: Am I Wrong to Tell Someone to Pull Up Her Mask?
A woman who works in my pharmacy can’t seem to stay masked. Help.
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Julian Montague Ask Dr. Hamblin: So When Can We Stop Wearing Masks?
Hopefully one day, getting vaccinated will mean you no longer need a mask. But not yet.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Coronavirus Is Evolving Before Our Eyes
The virus is mutating as expected. We can still stop it.
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Julian Montague Ask Dr. Hamblin: Is My Fear of Vaccine Allergies Overblown?
Despite alarming news reports, most allergies shouldn’t be an issue.
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Peter Cade / Getty The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep
The coronavirus can cause insomnia and long-term changes in our nervous systems. But sleep could also be a key to ending the pandemic.
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Joe Raedle / Getty The Vaccine Is Here. Now for the Hard Part.
An FDA-advisory-committee vote has marked the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But there’s still a long road ahead.
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Julian Montague Paging Dr. Hamblin: I Want to Give People Cookies
Is it okay to bake for my neighbors during the pandemic?
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Julian Montague Paging Dr. Hamblin: Is It Safe to See My Therapist in Person?
The benefit may very well outweigh any minor risk. But it’s all in how you do it.
