Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
A physician’s suicide reminds us that the plague of COVID-19 creates deep emotional wounds in health care workers
The disease’s unequal impacts on different segments of the population are illuminating long-standing structural injustices
We shouldn’t risk our genetic privacy to find it
They have slowed for now. But as we begin to emerge from our homes, we need to brace for a resurgence
A new global survey could help us understand why some people follow the rules for avoiding COVID-19 and others don’t...
A weight-lifting guru, author and podcaster calls the U.S. response to the pandemic an “exercise in hysteria" that might do more harm than good...
Pandemic news highlights of the week
Safeguarding public health requires rethinking our relationship to the environment and the inequities that drive its destruction
To build trust with traditionally underserved groups, health officials need to craft their messaging in a much more culturally sensitive way
That emotion is natural in a situation like this, but there are ways to mitigate it