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Coronavirus Covid 19 Archive

Archives for July 2021

Explainers
Tennessee has one of the lowest vax rates. Republicans are working to keep it that way.Tennessee has one of the lowest vax rates. Republicans are working to keep it that way.
Explainers

Tennessee Republicans demonstrate how vaccine skepticism has escalated to outright hostility.

By Aaron Rupar
Politics
Child tax credit payments are going out. Here’s how to get yours.Child tax credit payments are going out. Here’s how to get yours.
Politics

All your questions on the expanded child tax credit, answered.

By Gregory Svirnovskiy and Gabby Birenbaum
Immigration
Few immigrants in detention have been vaccinated. That needs to change.Few immigrants in detention have been vaccinated. That needs to change.
Immigration

Covid-19 outbreaks in ICE detention have made vaccinations more urgent.

By Nicole Narea
Explainers
3 rules for when schools should keep masks3 rules for when schools should keep masks
Explainers

Some schools can drop mask mandates — but not all of them.

By German Lopez
7 questions about Covid-19 booster shots, answered
Future Perfect

Will you need a booster? Does it matter if you got Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, or another vaccine?

By Sigal Samuel
Video
How Taiwan held off Covid-19, until it didn’tHow Taiwan held off Covid-19, until it didn’t
Play
Video

Another pandemic will come. Here’s what we can learn from Taiwan’s efforts to fight this one.

By Christina Thornell
Politics
The US health system was already falling short. Then Covid-19 happened.The US health system was already falling short. Then Covid-19 happened.
Politics

US health care is even further behind other wealthy nations.

By Dylan Scott
Explainers
How political polarization broke America’s vaccine campaignHow political polarization broke America’s vaccine campaign
Explainers

The US’s partisan divides have led to unnecessary deaths.

By German Lopez
Money
The pandemic has made small talk even more painfulThe pandemic has made small talk even more painful
Money

The social amnesia of forgetting how to read people’s faces and gauge conversations is very, very real.

By Alex Abad-Santos

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