Get Ready for a Wave of Missed Infections
At last, rapid COVID tests are everywhere—and that means a surge of false-negative results.
Our Essential Coronavirus Coverage
America’s Flu-Shot Problem Is Also Its Next COVID-Shot Problem
The successes and failures of annual flu-shot campaigns hold lessons for the future of COVID vaccines.
Another COVID Wave Is Looming
How bad will it be?
A New Strategy for Staying One Step Ahead of the Virus
We’re tracking how the virus is changing over time. Why not monitor immunity too?
How to Time Your Second Booster
The effects of the first one may be fading. When will it be time for seniors to re-up?
The Pandemic After the Pandemic
Long COVID isn’t going away, and we still do not have a way to fully prevent it, cure it, or really to quantify it.
The Coronavirus’s Next Move
Here are four shapes that the next variant might take—which will also dictate the shape of our response.
How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?
The U.S. is nearing 1 million recorded COVID-19 deaths without the social reckoning that such a tragedy should provoke. Why?
The Biden Administration Killed America’s Collective Pandemic Approach
Protections meant to shield everyone can’t be a matter of personal preference.
Next Winter, What If We Test for Even More Viruses?
Cough? Test. Stuffiness? Test. Scratchy throat? Test.