How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Germs Again
Photo: Nixx Photography (Shutterstock) Concerns about germs have shaped the last year and a half of everybody’s life, one germ…
Changing Minds About Why Doctors Change Their Minds
In 2001, when the pediatric allergist Gideon Lack asked a group of some 80 parents in Tel Aviv if their…
Look for These COVID Safety Precautions When You Go Back to the Gym
Photo: Ivan Zelenin (Shutterstock) If you haven’t been going to the gym much during the pandemic, being vaccinated (or seeing…
Why Sweaty People Should Rinse More and Shower Less
Photo: Maridav (Shutterstock) Where most people need to dab their foreheads, my sweat glands unleash an unrelenting flood when it’s…
The World Loses Under Bill Gates’ Vaccine Colonialism
After weeks of immense pressure, the Biden administration came out in support of waiving intellectual property rights to coronavirus vaccines.…
The Teeny, Tiny Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
Epidemiologists have long observed that most respiratory bugs require close contact to spread. Yet in that small space, a lot…
It’s OK to Shower Once a Week, and Other Pandemic Hygiene Habits That Are Fine, Actually
Photo: H_Ko (Shutterstock) During the pandemic, some of us may have been showering less (perhaps much less) even as we…
What If You Clean Your Tub While You Shower?
Every step of cleaning a bathtub seems like it was engineered to be as annoying as possible. You have to…
Vaccine Registries Are Good, Vaccine Apps Are Creepy and Invasive
America’s vaccine credentials debate is becoming more polarized by the day. On the one hand, Democratic strongholds like New York…
The Pandemic Proved That Our Toilets Are Crap
For those without access to private toilets, lockdowns also made publicly available restrooms even scarcer than they normally are. This…