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Coronavirus Covid 19 Archive

Archives for September 2021

Covid-19
The new guidelines for Covid-19 booster shots, explainedThe new guidelines for Covid-19 booster shots, explained
Covid-19

Why some people might need a booster shot right now — and some might not.

By Dylan Scott
Does everybody need a booster shot?
Covid-19

Why some people might need Covid-19 booster shots — and some might not.

By Dylan Scott
Explainers
Florida’s mysterious Covid-19 surgeFlorida’s mysterious Covid-19 surge
Explainers

We still don’t have all the answers for why Covid-19 cases rise and fall, but there are some explanations.

By German Lopez
Explainers
A simple solution to endless school quarantinesA simple solution to endless school quarantines
Explainers

Test the kids.

By Anna North
It’s time to stop describing lifesaving health care as “elective”
Politics

Labels like “nonessential” are getting in the way of urgent treatments and surgeries. There’s a better way.

By Andréa Becker
The summer that wasn’t
The Highlight

How our Covid-19 backslide taught us there may be no going back to “normal.”

By Eleanor Cummins
The dubious rise of ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment, explained
Future Perfect

Evidence suggests ivermectin is not a Covid-19 “miracle drug.” How did it get so popular?

By Kelsey Piper
The pandemic has created a nation of insomniacs
Politics

Why we still can’t sleep, and what to do about it.

By Anna North
Americans are dying because no hospital will take them
Covid-19

Pandemic failures have sometimes led to deadly care rationing.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
CDC study: Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die of Covid-19CDC study: Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die of Covid-19
Politics

A trio of new studies from the CDC shows that Covid-19 vaccines remain highly effective against severe illness.

By Ellen Ioanes
Politics
Are Biden’s new vaccine requirements legal?Are Biden’s new vaccine requirements legal?
Politics

They probably are, but that doesn’t mean that a right-wing judiciary will uphold them.

By Ian Millhiser
Silicon Valley wants you to know Theranos isn’t Silicon Valley
Technology

The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO of Theranos, isn’t a reckoning for the tech industry.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Covid-19
The US was a world leader in vaccination. What went wrong?The US was a world leader in vaccination. What went wrong?
Covid-19

How most of Europe caught up to — and then surpassed — the US in their Covid-19 vaccine drives.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
“Neoliberalism has really ruptured”: Adam Tooze on the legacy of 2020“Neoliberalism has really ruptured”: Adam Tooze on the legacy of 2020
Podcast
Politics

The global aftershocks of Covid-19 and the economic crisis it caused, explained.

By Zack Beauchamp
America needs to decide how much Covid-19 risk it will tolerate
Future Perfect

A realistic Covid-19 endgame requires accepting some risk. The question is how much.

By German Lopez