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Katherine Courage

Deputy Editor, Future Perfect

    Latest articles by Katherine Courage

    “You can’t get away from the idea that you’re just lucky to be alive”
    Features

    Pandemic survivor guilt may be pervasive, but it’s hard to detect, leaving many struggling in silence.

    By Katherine Courage
    What it’s like to die from Covid-19
    One Year Later

    “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy”: Doctors describe what their sickest coronavirus patients endure.

    By Katherine Courage
    Explainers
    It’s essential to understand why some health care workers are putting off vaccinationIt’s essential to understand why some health care workers are putting off vaccination
    Explainers

    Early data on why health care workers are delaying the Covid-19 vaccine could help us end the pandemic sooner.

    By Katherine Courage
    Politics
    Hospital ICUs are filling up. It’s even worse than it sounds.Hospital ICUs are filling up. It’s even worse than it sounds.
    Politics

    Adding trained staff is much more difficult than making a physical ICU bed, especially deep into a pandemic.

    By Katherine Courage
    You can survive winter and not spread Covid-19. Here’s how.
    Explainers

    Experts on safer (and riskier) ways to see friends and family, keep kids busy, and give back — in a raging pandemic.

    By Katherine Courage
    Explainers
    New at-home Covid-19 tests could help us end the pandemic soonerNew at-home Covid-19 tests could help us end the pandemic sooner
    Explainers

    “We’re getting to another level of access to timely testing, and hopefully that trend is going to continue.”

    By Katherine Courage
    Politics
    The US is about to begin the first big test of Covid-19 vaccine distributionThe US is about to begin the first big test of Covid-19 vaccine distribution
    Politics

    What we can learn from the initial phase of vaccinating health care workers in the US.

    By Katherine Courage
    Politics
    Why many Americans refuse to participate in contact tracingWhy many Americans refuse to participate in contact tracing
    Politics

    A new Pew survey found 41 percent of people said they were not very likely to talk to a public health official about the coronavirus.

    By Katherine Courage
    Explainers
    States need billions to prepare for Covid-19 vaccines. The federal government isn’t helping.States need billions to prepare for Covid-19 vaccines. The federal government isn’t helping.
    Explainers

    Experts say local and state governments need more time and resources to scale up vaccination efforts.

    By Katherine Courage
    Why some colleges are winning against Covid-19, and others are losing
    Explainers

    College campuses are coronavirus breeding grounds. They don’t have to be.

    By Katherine Courage