How It Started, How It's Going
A year and a half into the pandemic, we still don’t know how it began. This week, a look at how investigating COVID-19’s origins became a political and scientific minefield. Plus, how a mistake of...
View ArticleThe Fraught Promises of the Therapy App
This year, almost half of Americans reported experiencing substantial distress. According to a survey by OnePoll, nearly 17 percent of Americans sought out therapy for the first time during the...
View ArticleWhere Things Stand as Albany Wraps Up
On the final day of this legislative session, Karen DeWitt, Capitol bureau chief for New York State Public Radio, reports on what bills will make it through both chambers and on to the governor and the...
View ArticleChristine Quinn's Take on the 2021 City Elections
Christine Quinn, former NYC Council speaker and 2013 mayoral contender, now president and CEO of Win, the largest provider of shelter and supportive housing for New York City's homeless families, draws...
View ArticleDr. Ruth on Hot Vax Summer
The COVID-19 pandemic shattered social norms around physical closeness and intimacy. As the world reopens, how do we learn to touch other people again—even in normal, everyday ways? The Atlantic staff...
View ArticleOur Feelings Are Not Our Fault: How Science Can Explain Our Emotions
Guadalupe Ortega has always asked questions to understand the world around her. So when the pandemic caused fear and anxiety to overwhelm her mom, Guadalupe turned to science. She wanted to find out...
View Article'The Body Keeps the Score' Explores the Affects of Trauma on the Body and Brain
After a particularly horrific year for many Americans, some might be experiencing symptoms of trauma that affect not just their mental health, but their physical health as well. Pioneering psychiatrist...
View ArticleThe Great Seed Panic of 2020
Last summer, an unexplained phenomenon gripped nightly newscasts and Facebook groups across America: Unsolicited deliveries of obscurely labeled seed packages, seemingly from China, were being sent to...
View ArticleA New Multimedia Piece At Lincoln Center Asks New Yorkers to Reflect On...
Culture is re-opening across New York, and many people are already filling their calendars for late summer and early fall. But a new, multimedia work at Lincoln Center that incorporates sculpture, a...
View ArticleNYC Now Has Its Own Covid Vax App
New York City is rolling out a new Covid app intended to make it easier to share personal vaccine and testing status.The NYC Covid Safe app uploads copies of a user's photo ID, vaccination card, and...
View ArticleAsk a Pediatrician Your COVID Vaccine Questions
As schools are making a major push to get kids 12 and up fully vaccinated before the first day of school, Judith Flores, pediatrician, fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics, and former chief of...
View ArticleChecking In On the NYC School Reopening Plan
Eliza Shapiro, New York Times reporter covering New York City education, discusses NYC's public school reopening plan and concerns that the delta variant might throw a wrench in them.
View ArticleAll About COVID Testing
With more places requiring COVID vaccination or frequent testing, Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, infectious disease clinician and researcher at Columbia, ProHEALTH chief of the division of Infectious...
View ArticleNYC Businesses: Are You Ready to Check for Vaccines?
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an executive order requiring indoor venues to start checking for vaccination status starting this week. Caroline Lewis, freelance journalist and frequent contributor to...
View ArticleVaccine Effectiveness, Booster Shots, & More: Breaking Down the Latest COVID...
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association, discusses the latest COVID news, from the rise in delta variant cases to the distribution of booster shots.
View ArticlePfizer Vaccine Approval, Making Solar Power For Everyone. August 27, 2021,...
Pfizer’s Vaccine Is Now Fully Approved. What’s Next For The Pandemic?This week, the COVID-19 vaccine marketed by Pfizer finally received full FDA approval, moving out of the realm of “emergency use” to...
View ArticleRikers in Crisis
Corey Stoughton, attorney-in-charge of the Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice Special Litigation Unit, talks about the ongoing crisis at Rikers Island and the passage of the Less is More...
View ArticleThe Original Anti-Vaxxer
This week, President Joe Biden rolled out a large-scale federal mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for two-thirds of the American workforce, impacting more than 100 million people across the...
View ArticleBack-To-School Anxiety
With New York City public schools back to in-person learning, some parents might be noticing their kids exhibiting new behaviors and anxieties… and parents might be feeling a little anxious themselves....
View ArticleThe Pandemic Words We're Still Getting Wrong
This week, the FDA approved booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. But what does the additional shot actually do? “Booster” is just one example of scientific jargon that’s...
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