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The Atlantic Wash your hands, but lay off the other parts. Jack Davison In October, when the Canadian air starts drying out, the men flock to Sandy Skotnicki’s office. The men are itchy. Skotnicki studied microbiology before becoming an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Toronto. She has been practicing for 23 years, always with an eye to how the environment—including the microbial one on our skin—affects health. “I say to them, ‘How do you shower?’ ” she told me. “They take the squeegee thing and wash their whole body with some sort of men’s body wash...

The Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment ( CBLP) supports businesses that have been required to close due to the national lockdown that began on 5 January 2021. Eligible businesses may be entitled to a one-off cash grant of up to £9,000 from their local council. Local councils will pay the same businesses that are eligible to receive the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) Addendum for the national lockdown period that began on 5 January. Application deadline Eligibility is based in England has been required to close because of the national lockdown from 5 January 2021 onwards has been u...

The Atlantic Hopefully one day, getting vaccinated will mean you no longer need a mask. But not yet. Julian Montague Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, James Hamblin takes questions from readers about health-related curiosities, concerns, and obsessions. Have one? Email him at paging.dr.hamblin@theatlantic.com. Dear Dr. Hamblin, I’m still confused about what our lives will be like after we are vaccinated. As I understand it, it will still be possible to get the virus, but hopefully the course won’t be as severe or life-threatening. And we are going to have people who won’t even get the v...