COVID-19

About a week after Steven Mikac began taking antibiotics for the strange spot on his leg, the flesh around his...

The Atlantic staff writers James Hamblin and Kaitlyn Tiffany join the senior editor Paul Bisceglio for a conversation on the...

Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, James Hamblin takes questions from readers about health-related curiosities, concerns, and obsessions. Have one? Email him...

Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. The...

Colleges and universities pack students into dorms, classrooms, and parties. Now they have to figure out how to do that...

Coronavirus cases are on the rise in many states. A vaccine is, for now, a distant dream. How do we...

Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. Updated...

In this episode of the podcast Social Distance, executive producer Katherine Wells and staff writer James Hamblin discuss the viral-transmission...

Updated at 9:20 ET on June 26, 2020.Jennifer Nuzzo hopes to send her kids to camp this summer, but like...

Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, James Hamblin takes questions from readers about health-related curiosities, concerns, and obsessions. Have one? Email him...