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 meta-analysis seeks to be the last word on the effectiveness of masks, but finding answers in science isn’t that easy.
The pandemic took young people’s present. What will it do to their future?
Short-term lockdowns could be key to ending pandemics early.
The biggest questions about the newest Covid-19 vaccines are still unanswered.
A determination to remain slow on Covid and future pandemics.
Drug companies around the world are working to develop a vaccine for Covid-19.
XBB.1.5, a subvariant of omicron, is gaining ground in the US, but deaths can still be avoided.
China is opening up rapidly after three years of lockdown. The rest of the world is scrambling to respond.
Plus a couple that are halfway in between.
US life expectancy got worse during Covid-19, and then kept getting worse.
There aren’t any monoclonal antibody drugs that can treat the latest Covid-19 variants.
Ron DeSantis’s increasingly aggressive anti-Covid vaccine crusade, explained.
Millions of lives are at stake as the country prepares to relax its Covid strategy.
China used its Covid strategy to sell its public, and the world, on the stability of its governing system. Now what?
A wave of protests by Chinese citizens is a reminder that the desire for a normal life can be as hard to suppress as a virus.
It’s not Tiananmen, but Xi Jinping faces his first China-wide protests.
In cities across China, people are protesting Xi Jinping’s Covid policy — and even demanding his resignation.
We still aren’t ready for the next one — but a new report offers a blueprint for ending pandemics.
Covid-19 vaccines helped stem the pandemic, but public skepticism about them could doom future vaccines.
Steps to take to protect your family from Covid-19, RSV, and flu.
The privatization of the Covid-19 response is well underway as federal funding runs out.
A trio of researchers claimed they found likely evidence that the virus that causes Covid-19 was synthetic. And then scientists went to work picking the theory apart.
Here’s how to fix them — and what’s getting in the way.
The columnist and academic offered smart insights and actionable advice during the pandemic.
Some experts say it never really broke.
A controversial new study involving an engineered version of Covid’s omicron variant raises new questions about research oversight.
Redesigned Covid-19 vaccines could save thousands of lives, but few are getting them.
The anti-vaccine movement is gaining strength even after 1 million Americans have died of Covid-19.
Waiting lists are getting longer, and child care centers say they’re losing workers to fast-food chains with better wages and benefits.
Answers to your questions about the updated omicron variant vaccines.
The FDA just approved Covid-19 vaccines that have BA.5 in their crosshairs. Will people roll up their sleeves?
Hundreds are still dying of Covid-19 every day. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Covid-19 budgets are shrinking. What’s the best way to spend what’s left?
Accurate data is critical for public health, and the US doesn’t have it.
The enthusiasm for requiring kids to get their shots has mostly evaporated.
Covid-19 cases are rising again, but redesigned vaccines are on the horizon.
With Paxlovid rebound cases, the risk of spread is the biggest concern.
Scientists are designing vaccines that could potentially cover all Covid-19 variants.
From Pelotons to pets, the Covid buys people wish they’d left on the shelves.