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Coronavirus Covid 19 Archive

Archives for March 2021

Explainers
When will teens and kids be able to get the Covid-19 vaccines?When will teens and kids be able to get the Covid-19 vaccines?
Explainers

It may still be a while. Here’s what parents can do in the meantime while their kids aren’t vaccinated and others are.

By Katherine Courage
Future Perfect
What kind of person signs up to be infected with the coronavirus on purpose?What kind of person signs up to be infected with the coronavirus on purpose?
Future Perfect

A new study looks at who signs up for Covid-19 human challenge trials — trials where people are infected with Covid-19 on purpose to help speed up vaccine development.

By Kelsey Piper
Future Perfect
Why even a small increase in Covid-19 cases is so scaryWhy even a small increase in Covid-19 cases is so scary
Future Perfect

What can start small can quickly get very big.

By German Lopez
Homecoming
One Year Later

Covid-19 would take hundreds of thousands of older Americans in nursing homes. Desperate that his ailing father would not be among them, one writer bounded home.

By Davy Rothbart
Everything you need to know about vaccine passports
Technology

The Biden administration says it’s leaving digital vaccination records up to states and the private sector.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Future Perfect
America is now on track to vaccinate all adults by July 4America is now on track to vaccinate all adults by July 4
Future Perfect

A new kind of Independence Day.

By German Lopez
One Year Later
The pandemic is becoming a grief crisisThe pandemic is becoming a grief crisis
One Year Later

Millions of Americans have lost relatives and friends. We need to pay attention to the science and consequences of grief.

By Brian Resnick
Explainers
The evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective in pregnancy is growingThe evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective in pregnancy is growing
Explainers

Covid-19 shots during pregnancy might also pass on protection against the virus to babies.

By Katherine Courage
Politics
Birx says US Covid-19 deaths were preventable, but won’t acknowledge her complicityBirx says US Covid-19 deaths were preventable, but won’t acknowledge her complicity
Politics

The former Trump health official’s comments to Sanjay Gupta and the ensuing backlash, briefly explained.

By Aaron Rupar
Politics
Anti-Asian racism has been overlooked for a long time. It’s now reached a boiling point.Anti-Asian racism has been overlooked for a long time. It’s now reached a boiling point.
Politics

The events of the last year have been a breaking point for many Asian Americans.

By Li Zhou
Politics
The precarious state of American child careThe precarious state of American child care
Politics

Things are getting worse. Here’s what providers need now.

By Anna North
Politics
Biden now promises 200 million vaccine shots in 100 days. The US is already on track for that.Biden now promises 200 million vaccine shots in 100 days. The US is already on track for that.
Politics

The new goal really isn’t that ambitious.

By German Lopez
Explainers
AstraZeneca’s absurd and unprecedented dispute with regulators, explainedAstraZeneca’s absurd and unprecedented dispute with regulators, explained
Explainers

The company said its Covid-19 vaccine developed with Oxford had 76 percent efficacy in the US after a rare public rebuke from the NIH.

By Umair Irfan
We were here
One Year Later

Why a memorial for Covid-19 victims can help us process our grief, and our anger, too.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Politics
Third stimulus bill: The American Rescue Plan is signed into lawThird stimulus bill: The American Rescue Plan is signed into law
Politics

Joe Biden’s stimulus bill — and $1,400 checks — are on their way. Here’s the latest news.

By Vox Staff