Alex Fitzpatrick

Alex Fitzpatrick is a Senior Editor at TIME on the health and science desk.

Recent Articles

The 10 Best Video Games of 2021

The gaming industry was perfectly positioned to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. With each new variant of the coronavirus, many of us are stuck inside, often alone. Why not use the time to explore other...

By Eliana Dockterman , Patrick Lucas Austin and Alex Fitzpatrick

Colin Powell's COVID-19 Death Is a Reminder of Risk

It's not just a 'pandemic of the vaccinated'

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Why Apple's Health App Could Be the Sleeper Hit of iOS 15

When Apple’s iOS 15 goes live Monday, it will come with the usual bevy of software upgrades meant to enhance slightly older iPhones while also laying the groundwork for the Cupertino, Calif. company’s next generation...

By Alex Fitzpatrick

I'm a Pandemic Dad Who's Been Covering COVID-19. I Don't Know How to Think About the Risk Anymore

I’ll say this for the pre-vaccine days: it was far easier to think about risk when the only sensible option—for those lucky enough for it to even be an option—was to hunker down, avoid as...

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Can Employer Mandates Get More Americans Vaccinated? New York and California Are Finding Out

What to do about the U.S. vaccine uptake rate? Even with what appears to be a slight increase as people try to protect themselves against the more transmissible Delta variant now spreading through many parts...

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Having Trouble Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine? Try This Standby Site

Here in the U.S., the COVID-19 vaccination picture looks far rosier than it did even a few weeks ago. Nearly one in five Americans have received at least one dose, according to TIME’s vaccine tracker,...

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Baseball Stadiums, Theme Parks, Cathedrals: See the World's Makeshift COVID-19 Vaccination Hubs

From baseball stadiums and hockey rinks to cathedrals and bars

By Maïa Booker and Alex Fitzpatrick

Why You Should Get Whichever COVID-19 Vaccine You Can

The best shot is the one that's in your arm

By Alex Fitzpatrick

What the Capitol Attack, Impeachment and GameStop Have in Common

The year's most consequential events so far can be understood as a battle between the mobs and the mods

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Why Has GameStop's Stock Gone Up So High Recently?

People claim to be making thousands on the 'meme stock.' But it's got to blow up eventually, right?

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Why Amazon's Move to Drop Parler Is a Big Deal

The episode reveals the immense power held by Amazon's AWS and rival cloud services

By Alex Fitzpatrick

What if the Web Looked More Like Wikipedia?

Wikipedia, which celebrates its 20th birthday on Jan. 15, lives on—and it's not just surviving, but thriving.

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Good U.S. Weather Allows for an Outdoor (and Safer) Thanksgiving

But it's still safer to avoid inviting anybody over

By Alex Fitzpatrick

A Single COVID-19 Test Can't Guarantee a Safe Thanksgiving

You could be exposed on a Sunday, test negative the next day, but be contagious by Thursday

By Alex Fitzpatrick

The 10 Best Video Games of 2020

From 'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' to 'Among Us'

By Patrick Lucas Austin , Eliana Dockterman , Peter Allen Clark and Alex Fitzpatrick

Will Thanksgiving Be a COVID-19 Disaster? It Was in Canada

Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving in October—and the pandemic accelerated with it

By Alex Fitzpatrick

President Trump's COVID-19 Recklessness Will Bring More Illness, Death and Suffering

If President Trump’s health remains a mystery, his attitude and behavior towards the virus do not

By Alex Fitzpatrick

Sid Meier on How to Make Great Games

It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an easy time to have fun in the United States right now. COVID-19 has killed nearly 200,000 Americans, and will likely claim many more before the...

By Alex Fitzpatrick

How Many More Lives Will Be Lost to COVID-19 Before the U.S. Gets It Right?

How the U.S. succumbed to complacency and let 200,000 people die of COVID-19

By Alex Fitzpatrick and Elijah Wolfson

You Might Not Catch Coronavirus on an Airplane. But Air Travel Is Still Probably Spreading COVID-19

Airlines have been focused on individual passengers' safety, not big-picture public health

By Alex Fitzpatrick
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