Jamie Ducharme

Jamie Ducharme is a health correspondent at TIME and the author of Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul.

Recent Articles

Why Sleeping In On School Days May Be Good for Teen Health

California schools are starting later to let students sleep in. Will it pay off?

By Jamie Ducharme August 16, 2022

What to Know About Long COVID in Kids

It can affect children as well as adults.

By Jamie Ducharme August 12, 2022

How the Monkeypox Virus Does—and Doesn't—Spread

Until recently, monkeypox rarely spread from person to person. In 2005, a study declared a cluster of six cases in the Republic of Congo “the longest uninterrupted chain of human monkeypox fully documented to date.”...

By Jamie Ducharme August 3, 2022

More Long COVID Research is Needed, U.S. Says

The Administration detailed Long COVID priorities in a pair of reports released Aug. 3.

By Jamie Ducharme August 3, 2022

What It Really Feels Like to Have Monkeypox

Three people share their experiences.

By Jamie Ducharme , Angela Haupt and Jeffrey Kluger August 1, 2022

Why Some Experts Suggest Getting a PCR Test, Even If You Already Know You Have COVID-19

For Rachel Robles, getting diagnosed with Long COVID was an uphill battle. She caught the virus in March 2020, when nearly nothing was known about its long-term effects and testing was inaccessible for most people....

By Jamie Ducharme July 28, 2022

Feeling Off? It Could Be 'Ambient' Stress

It's everywhere during the pandemic

By Jamie Ducharme July 27, 2022

What You Need to Know About Monkeypox

Here's what to know about how monkeypox spreads, treatment, and vaccines.

By Jamie Ducharme July 25, 2022

Why It's So Hard to Get a Monkeypox Vaccine Right Now

When New York City’s department of health announced on July 12 that monkeypox vaccine appointments were available in several sites around the city, demand was so high that the scheduling website crashed. Every appointment was...

By Jamie Ducharme July 18, 2022

Why We Don't Have a Pi Variant Yet—Even After So Much Omicron

The Greek alphabet and COVID-19 variants aren't always in sync

By Jamie Ducharme July 15, 2022
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