Stories by Tanya Lewis

A psychiatrist who has studied the effects of previous devastating quakes explains how the Turkey-Syria earthquake could impact survivors’ mental health

Many countries saw drops in life expectancy during the pandemic, but some populations have suffered more than others

Gas stoves produce emissions that can harm human health and the environment. Experts answer questions about the dangers and how to limit them

Felines recognize their owners’ cat-directed baby talk

From reviving dead pig organs to measuring viruses in our poop, here are some of the most intriguing medical advances of the year

Deaths from heart disease, cancer and COVID are all higher in rural areas than urban ones in the U.S., and the gap is only widening

Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies.

In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity.

COVID cut average life spans short in many high-income countries, but the U.S. decline has been steeper and longer than most

As players take the pitch for the men’s World Cup, science supports their safety and equipment more than it does women’s

Voters chose to protect abortion rights in all five states with abortion-related measures on their ballots 

COVID, flu and RSV are surging. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself.

FDA Chief Medical Officer Hilary Marston explains the importance of getting a booster shot, considers why so few people have gotten them and answers other questions

The midterm elections have high stakes for issues such as abortion rights, pandemic funding, climate change and other fundamental policies

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis explains how its AlphaFold AI program predicted the 3-D structure of every known protein

In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you’ve already had the disease.

COVID and overdose deaths have sharply cut U.S. life expectancy, with Indigenous peoples experiencing the biggest decline

In this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about why we’ve had years shaved off our average collective life since 2020. Also, we talk about “mabs” and why you might want to know what they are.

Researchers developed a five-star rating system for the risks of smoking, eating unprocessed red meat and other factors. Some scientists say the findings aren’t surprising—and could be used to cast doubt on decades of health advice

Svante Pääbo’s work on sequencing the DNA of Neandertals and Denisovans, which won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, revealed surprising interbreeding among human species

On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over.

This is our second back-to-school special episode of COVID. Quickly. Today we talk about two big issues: the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually).

A small fraction of young children in the U.S. are vaccinated against COVID. Pediatricians can help

This is our back-to-school special episode of COVID, Quickly. We’ll talk about why COVID testing is about to become a school problem—and about whether or not kids are at risk for long COVID.