The agency reportedly plans to tell people with Covid and other infections to isolate based on symptoms. Researchers say symptoms aren’t a good indicator of who’s contagious.

The industry knew decades ago that recycling was never viable in the long term, and now we’re all being poisoned by its product.

Indoor spaces contain, on average, higher concentrations of pollution than outdoor air in communities across the U.S.

The abortion pill is technically still available, but for now, it’s going to be much harder to get.

Two government agencies have now concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in an accidental leak from a lab. But paradoxically, they also point to a natural origin.

Now that minks are getting sick, experts are watching for two signals to indicate whether avian influenza could jump into the human population. But underfunding makes their job harder.

The District of Columbia City Council is considering a bill that will allow low- and moderate-income households to switch out their gas stoves—if they so choose—for free.

The monkeypox outbreak has cooled, but it’s far from over. Bob Fenton and Demetre Daskalakis still have a big job on their hands.

The United States has a brief window in which it can decide how monkeypox plays out from here.

As the World Health Organization declares an international emergency, it’s clear America has dropped the ball.

As the BA.2 variant moves through the U.S., our data on Covid-19 and its variants is getting worse, not better.

It’s not just about health. It’s also about not letting reactionary hacks dismantle the regulatory state.

The end of Title 42 would be a boon to asylum-seekers and their advocates. It may also fuel a political firestorm.

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.