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Perspective: Two Years of COVID and Counting, Medicine Still Does Not Value Black Lives

When we throw up the white flag with our approach to COVID, we are simply saying that racism is a public health crisis but we don’t care.

Posible, probable, por supuesto: la evolución de la certeza en el reportaje de COVID-19

El reportaje de COVID-19 demuestra cómo la retórica puede cambiar profundamente la percepción de un hecho científico por parte del lector.

Might, Maybe, Must: The Evolution of Certainty in COVID-19 Reporting

COVID-19 reporting is a clear example of how rhetoric can deeply change a reader’s perception of scientific fact.

Perspective: The Only Perk of My Job Was Being Able to Watch My Friend Die

I didn’t tell my friend about the psychologist; he already felt like an inconvenience - I didn’t want to make it worse.

Daunting Work at the Third Pole

As I struggled to find words, Magar was gone — for he was more worried about his bread than my climate change lecture.

Where Have All the Frogs Gone?

“Eventually, there will be a fungal disease that will become very problematic for humans.”

Perspective: A River Silenced

The fire was within the mountains, within the earth. It was never meant to leave. But it did.

443 Days Later, This Postdoc Gets To See Her Daughter and Go Back to Her Lab

She ate breakfast as her husband prepared dinner on the other end of the line, on the other end of the day, on the other end of the world.

In the Eye of the Storm

As the months wore on, I began to dread going to work but I didn’t know how to take a break. I didn’t know that quitting was an option.

Wealthy Countries: Keep the COVID Vaccines You Definitely Need, Donate the Rest!

The solution to this problem is seemingly simple, but is convoluted by politics: Keep what you will definitely need, donate the rest!

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