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In South Africa, Long Covid is an afterthought to Tuberculosis
This story was produced by writer Ray Mwareya and our friends at The Sick Times Tuberculosis (TB) and Long Covid are two diseases that have some overlapping symptoms. The two are often mistaken for each other in South Africa. Long Covid is poorly understood and acknowledged in South Africa, and...
Don’t be surprised if extreme heat makes breaking Olympic records impossible
Rising heat takes a toll on athletes’ physiology and makes sports more dangerous.
Nude parades and testosterone: The Olympics's obsession with sex and gender
Rose Eveleth and Tested deep dive on the long history of excluding women and genital examinations at the Olympics
You could not pay me enough to take part in this study
I can't think of a more humiliating task than this…
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