Health Care Archive
Archives for December 2021
Our batting average in forecasting 2021.
There are not two Americas when it comes to omicron.
A 1-minute mindfulness practice helped settle my ADHD-addled mind.
More than a year after Trump’s defeat, Biden is forced to share power with increasingly partisan judges.
Both metrics are important, but all of our data doesn’t matter if we don’t do anything with it.
Rapid tests are sold out everywhere, and help might not come until next year.
Covid-19 exposed many of the flaws in the US health care system. Congress might not do anything to fix them.
If you’re hoping for the best but still want to plan for the worst, there are things you can do now.
Omicron — and short-staffed hospitals — could force the US to rethink isolation rules.
My trees need me and, in truth, I need them.
There is no grand plan for stopping omicron — but that doesn’t mean we’re powerless.
There are worse things than a hypocritical Court.
We know lots of Americans skipped their second Covid-19 shot. We just don’t know exactly how many.
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion is sneaky, underhanded, and a big blow to abortion rights.
One of the country’s top health journalists on omicron, early case and hospitalization data, and the West’s travel bans.