Masks Alone Don’t Make You Invincible
For Vice
Covering your face can help combat the coronavirus. But some scientists fear people now believe masks of any quality are foolproof defenses—and they’re being labeled as “anti-mask” for saying so.
Category: Non-Fiction
Panic Attacks and Sleepless Nights: Doctors Are Secretly Starting to Struggle
For Vice
Doctors and nurses treating the coronavirus are increasingly worried about their deteriorating mental health and unsure who to talk to about it. “I think about COVID during sex,” one doctor said.
Your Mask May Not Be Enough if COVID-19 Is in the Air
For The Daily Beast
A growing crowd of experts say coronavirus can spread via aerosols, or viral particles produced by talking, breathing, singing, and even exercise.
How To Stay Sober During A Global Pandemic
For Buzzfeed
“There’s just something to be said for close contact and human proximity.”
‘This Is Our Chernobyl’: New York City’s Doctors and Nurses Are Terrified
For Vice
Health care professionals fear they’re being put at risk and set up for failure during one of the most critical fights in the city’s history.
Will Hill’s Pay for Selling Poison?
For The Canine Review
Sherri Anderson’s Bichon-Yorkie mix, Daytona, was two pounds overweight when she says her veterinarian recommended Hill’s Prescription Diet w/d dry food for weight control. Twelve-year-old Daytona had been eating the Hill’s food for about three years when, according to Ms. Anderson, in late November of 2018, Daytona suddenly became ill.
Can Office Romances Ever Be Ethical? Psychologists and Daters Dish.
For Inverse
The “office romance” has become a confusing, and especially controversial, space to navigate. So how do you navigate it all?
The High-Rolling, Medically Questionable World Of Luxury Egg Freezing
For Vice
This decade’s egg-freezing boom was supposed to offer career-minded women an empowering insurance policy. But what if the process is actually just a “very expensive lottery ticket”?
What is “Medical PTSD?”
For Healthline
There was the physical trauma of being sliced open and emotional trauma of being packed in ice when I went septic, and the fear that the next thing that could kill me was just a forgotten alcohol swab away.
Can We Please Stop Describing Sober People as ‘Clean’?
For Healthline
When we stigmatize addiction, no one wins.
