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Bryn Nelson is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor specializing in scientific, environmental, medical, and travel-related stories.

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At-Home COVID-19 Testing Revolution Is Here. Can It Deliver?

Quiet Miracle?

A surge of new tests and plans for even more show the potential is there to finally start catching up on a crisis. If scientists get their say.

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Could This Shortcut Be the Answer to Mass COVID Testing?

Pool Party

A solution that may help speed up the end of lockdown in your city is sitting in plain sight. 

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The Rich Are Gobbling Up Antibody Tests. It Could Backfire.

Buyer Beware

As wealthy enclaves seek to end coronavirus lockdowns, the best hope for immunity is more complicated than anyone wants to admit.

Bryn Nelson | Published Apr 24, 2020

We’re About to See How Badly U.S. Botched Coronavirus Tests

System Failure

A growing maze of tests and labs are starting to expose the American pandemic as one that resembles an Italy-style disaster.

Bryn Nelson | Published Mar 18, 2020

Is Soap or Hand Sanitizer Best for Stopping Coronavirus?

Worth Asking

Lipids are the Achilles heel of coronaviruses. Here's how you find the best arrow.

Bryn Nelson | Published Mar 14, 2020

Will Coronavirus Make America Finally Care About Homeless?

Ignorance Is Risk

Suddenly it's a lot harder to pretend hundreds of thousands of people don't exist.

Bryn Nelson | Published Mar 11, 2020

Coronavirus Is Turning Seattle into a Ghost Town

Best Coast?

Toilet paper is selling fast, sweatpants are the new normal, and gloves are hot.

Bryn Nelson | Published Mar 05, 2020

What Worst-Case Coronavirus Pandemic Might Look Like

‘Death Sentence’?

“I think at this point, containment is already a lost cause,” one expert said.

Bryn Nelson | Published Feb 05, 2020

The Next Coronavirus Nightmare Is Closer Than You Think

THE NEXT PANIC

Climate change makes the risk of novel diseases much more explosive.

Bryn Nelson | Published Jan 29, 2020

Coronavirus Patient Had Close Contact With 16 in Washington

TRACING HIS STEPS

Health officials said they expect there will be more U.S. cases of the virus that has killed 17 in China but urged people not to panic.

Bryn Nelson | Published Jan 22, 2020

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