Stories by Dominic Smith

A Visual Guide to the New Coronavirus Variants

The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus seems to be suddenly acquiring mutations at a rapid rate. The most worrying variants, first discovered in South Africa and Brazil, increase the virus’s contagiousness and may even help it evade the human immune system...

February 11, 2021 — Sara Reardon and Dominic Smith

Medicine

What Is Chronic Kidney Disease, and How Might It Affect You?

In the U.S., a third of Americans are at risk of chronic kidney disease, and age is a major factor. More than half of Americans older than 75 are thought to have some sort of kidney damage...

January 12, 2021 — Dominic Smith and Andrew Robinson

Medicine

The Clitoris: A Reveal Two Millennia in the Making

In the history of sexual anatomy, the clitoris has long been dismissed, demeaned and misunderstood. Here is a view of the clitoris you’ve probably never seen.

March 4, 2020 — Rachel E. Gross, Jeffery DelViscio and Dominic Smith