Covid-19
Evidence-based explanations of the Covid-19 pandemic, including how it started, how it might end, and how to protect yourself and others.
A new IHME analysis finds 6.9 million deaths worldwide, and suggests countries have been undercounting since the beginning of the pandemic.
Vaccinating the world will be tough. Here’s what intellectual property waivers can and can’t do.
A mysterious, immersive theater show provides a fresh way to connect with far-flung friends.
How coronavirus variants are affecting vaccines, treatments, and our attempts to return to normal.
This fact is crucial to getting the US’s vaccination campaign back on track.
Doctors are ready for a bigger role in the vaccination campaign.
The UK has world-leading vaccine enthusiasm. What can the rest of the world learn?
Biden’s new goal acknowledges how close America is to potentially getting Covid-19 under control.
America is already missing its chance to prepare for the next pandemic.
The CDC suspects anxiety is behind some negative effects experienced by needle-averse people.
A major battle over free speech on social media is playing out in India during the pandemic.
The pandemic taught us what theaters are for.
It’s not just about you.
I looked for a country that got the economic response to Covid-19 right. I found the US.
Countries can’t go it alone in tackling Covid-19.
This inequality is baked into every step of the vaccine manufacturing process.
Is it a state of the union? And all your other questions about Biden’s first address to Congress, answered.
Senegal’s quarantine policy sought to slow transmission, and local health care workers battled the pandemic from the ground up.
The CDC says we can now drop our masks outdoors in some cases. Experts explain where we still need to keep them on.
What is a vaccine passport? Can I get one?
The United Kingdom is not a pandemic success story. But its massive Covid-19 trials program is.
With more than 200 million vaccine doses in arms, Biden’s coronavirus response gets high marks.
Some want to hold students back. Experts say there’s a better way.
There’s no reason to let cities or states suffer when the US has the vaccines.
House Democrats have approved DC statehood in a party-line vote. Now the proposal goes to the Senate, where its prospects are more grim.
The country is struggling to contain a deadly second wave.
More than 40,000 children likely lost parents to Covid-19. Who will help them?
A partisan split is emerging in America’s vaccination rates, but a lack of accessibility might be an even bigger obstacle to herd immunity.
Senators have written to Facebook and Twitter to ask about vaccine misinformation superspreaders.
The country’s vaccine supply is being hampered by export limits from the US and EU.
From backyard astronomy to birding, amateurs have been busy collecting data — and making real discoveries.
There are now more people who have died from the coronavirus worldwide than there are residents in Chicago.
US jobless claims totaled 576,000 last week, far lower than economists expected, indicating potential for a strong economic recovery.
America’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is going so well it could fulfill demand by midsummer without Johnson & Johnson’s shot.
We’re only talking about Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough infections because the pandemic is still raging.
Keisha Ray explains which arguments are most effective at swaying hesitant people.
A camp director on how he navigated the safety challenges of Covid-19.
Covid-19 vaccines are supposed to be free. Some people are getting bills anyway.
The US intelligence community says the coronavirus will impact you for years to come, even if you didn’t get sick.
There will be another pandemic. Here are five ways we can fund research now to end it faster.