
Sigal Samuel
Correspondent
Latest articles by Sigal Samuel


Thousands of volunteers in “mutual aid” groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.

Should wet markets be banned? It’s more complicated than it seems.

“It’s not about you, it’s about everybody else.”


As they treat coronavirus, health care workers report high rates of depression and anxiety, a new study shows.


Even if you know nothing about artificial intelligence, you can volunteer to forecast the future of Covid-19.

Popular apps are awarding points for beating “bad guys” and completing “power-ups” — and drawing from real, clinically approved treatments.

The 15-minute appointment is pervasive, and despised by patients and physicians alike. Rita Charon is teaching a generation of health care providers to listen better — with the help of literature.

Four-year-olds can learn things even the most intelligent machine can’t. It’s time AI researchers took note.


We’re living in a dangerous post-antibiotic era. AI can help.

Two very different scenes played out in New Delhi this week.