Coronavirus Covid 19 Archive
Archives for December 2021
Covid-19 exposed many of the flaws in the US health care system. Congress might not do anything to fix them.
The worst-case scenario with the new variant could be 20 percent more US Covid-19 deaths than last winter.
If you’re hoping for the best but still want to plan for the worst, there are things you can do now.
Omicron — and short-staffed hospitals — could force the US to rethink isolation rules.
Early studies of Covid-19 therapeutics turned out to be fabricated or suspicious. That’s a huge problem for science.
There is no grand plan for stopping omicron — but that doesn’t mean we’re powerless.
Omicron may be less risky for each of us — but more risky for all of us.
Shipping containers, explained by a historian.
If you’re struggling to “wait and see” how bad omicron might be, here are productive ways to cope.
Biden said Friday that inflation is at its peak, and some prices are already coming down.
We know lots of Americans skipped their second Covid-19 shot. We just don’t know exactly how many.
Vaccinated and confused about whether to get tested? We asked four experts for help.
One of the country’s top health journalists on omicron, early case and hospitalization data, and the West’s travel bans.
US leaders should make it clear what, exactly, the point of new precautions would be.
The US health system’s racial inequities will still be felt after Covid-19 becomes endemic.