Plain old luck remains a key factor in managing to avoid coronavirus in the midst of a busy winter - Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF If for nothing else, you have to begrudgingly respect Covid’s ...

Christmas trees, E. A. Gifts & More, 37-38 Junction Blvd., Queens, November 15, 2020. Nearly every day during the almost three years that have passed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, I have ...

It happens every year around this time. The weather gets colder and cold and flu viruses start making the rounds. But this year, there's a third illness expected to enter the mix: COVID-19. New cases ...

Some people have big hopes for 2021. Hopes of returning to some form of what we once knew as normal: being with friends and family, eating at restaurants and even seeing shows. Those hopes are ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. That’s not to say we are in for a COVID-less Christmas. CDC data released over the past two weeks show a sharp increase of viral activity in wastewater.