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.
2003’s most famous politicians are begging the US to stop ignoring biosecurity.
Journalists struggled to accurately convey scientific uncertainty on Covid-19.
How 3D printing can help mitigate PPE supply shortages in future pandemics.
You can prepare your brain for the next big disaster, biological or otherwise. A futurist explains how.
Even if BA.2 doesn’t spark a nationwide surge, it still poses dangers.
The Mental Health Million project queried over 220,000 people on well-being — and the results are worrying.
Staff shortages crippled America’s Covid-19 response. That can’t happen again.
There’s a spectrum of risk among this group, and a lot of tools to help them.
The ins and outs of wastewater surveillance.
We have the technology to ensure the next outbreak doesn’t become another Covid-19.
The global vaccination campaign got cut out of Congress’s new Covid-19 funding bill. That’s a mistake.
As biology gets better, biosecurity gets harder. Here’s what the world can do to prepare.
The upgrades we can make today to fight the pandemics of tomorrow.
The tricky work of seeking, sequencing, and sharing viruses around the world.
Scientists have a strong idea of which types of viruses could cause an outbreak. We can fund vaccines and treatments for them now.
A former White House immigration official weighs the challenges ahead as the administration prepares for a spike in migrant arrivals.
Here’s what to consider.
If you’re exhausted but still want to do what’s right, here’s how to protect yourself and others.
The US is fighting a modern pandemic with a 1990s-sized workforce.
A Hong Kong doctor explains the critical weak point behind the city’s spike in Covid-19 deaths.
The PREVENT Pandemics Act is a good bill. It isn’t enough to prevent pandemics.
The same: The brutal math of exponential growth. Different: Our pandemic fatigue is worse than ever.
Why countries with strong Covid-19 policies are now getting hammered.
Mandates around the globe are ending, but don’t throw out your masks yet.
The case for treating internet access as a health necessity.
The legislation includes significant Ukraine aid and a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
Higher prices mean your boss may need to give you more than just a small raise.
The world could take steps to prevent this from happening again.
Republicans face a significant, but temporary, defeat in the Supreme Court.
You can order free Covid-19 rapid tests that will be delivered to your home — but you’ll only get a few.
The closures could make giving birth more dangerous in the United States.
We have to roll back pandemic restrictions someday. Why is it so hard now?
Here’s what the past can tell us about the future of the pandemic.
Inflation is a tough egg to crack. We gave it a try anyway.
Travel nursing is a short-term and unsustainable solution for medical understaffing.
The case for cautious optimism for the US.
There are two primary reasons more Americans aren’t boosted. One is easy to fix. The other is really hard.
The partisan pandemic, explained in 15 charts.
A new report finds that, for all its flaws, the Covid-19 vaccination rollout has been a historic win for humanity.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett appears to be quite unfamiliar with her own judicial record, and that of her colleagues.