Coronavirus

The word complicated doesn’t begin to sum up the experience of the past 14-plus months. It’s impossible to understate the effect COVID-19 has had on us

“I am feeling anxious,” 30-year-old Mankiran Dhillon, who lives with her parents in Delhi, tells Refinery29. “Nobody was ready for this.

On Tuesday, the United States’ CDC announced that fully vaccinated people can go without a mask when in small groups and outdoors, which Mike Saag, M

So, you’ve finally gotten your second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Armed with a blanket and a bottle of Lucozade, you’re prepared for the potential lo

Last Saturday I got on a train for the first time this year. I was with one dear friend, visiting another dear friend who has left the city during the pand

As millions of people get vaccinated every day, there have been innumerable conspiracy theories about the coronavirus vaccine itself. Some are seemingly in

It’s been a full calendar year — or as the millennials on Instagram say, a full trip around the sun — since we started wearing face masks. In the

“I have no idea what my friendships look like now,” says 32-year-old Janelle*. “Since the pandemic, one of my closest friends, who I used

Pregnant women should be offered a COVID-19 jab along with other people in their age range, the UK’s vaccine advisors have said. The Joint Committee

Jacqueline* felt like she was in a staring contest with her phone. And losing. She was waiting for someone she’d met on Hinge to text her back. They’d

As millions of people are getting coronavirus vaccinations every day, concerns have arisen around more severe side effects beyond the very common fatigue,

I am staring at a WhatsApp message. It’s from one of my closest friends and contains dates and restaurant names. In the run-up to lockdown easing, she ha

As of Monday, more than 32 million people in the UK have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the BBC. With millions of people

After receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines, many people feel relief — and many also experience some temporary side e

Members of Gen Z are considerably more likely to be affected by lockdown loneliness, according to the latest nationwide survey. The Office for National Sta

I left home at 19 so by 2020, a decade later, aged 29, I considered myself completely – and proudly – independent. The first in my family to go to univ