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COVID-19 vaccine

It Matters If It’s COVID

Rachel Gutman-Wei

September 4, 2024

A hand drops liquid from a dropper onto a COVID test.

America Is Having a Senior Moment on Vaccines

January 11, 2024

Two older adults wearing masks

America Should Be More Like Operation Warp Speed

Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini

December 28, 2023

The U.S. seal with an on-off switch in its center

A Winter of Low COVID Vaccination Will Probably Seem Fine

Katherine J. Wu

November 2, 2023

A vaccine slowly disappears as snow piles up.

A Truly Amazing Vaccine Breakthrough Is Hiding in Plain Sight

September 22, 2023

A black-and-white photo graphic of three repeating hands each holding up a syringe

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What to Know About Fall COVID Vaccines

September 13, 2023

Woman getting a vaccine in her arm

The One Thing Everyone Should Know About Fall COVID Vaccines

Katherine J. Wu

September 13, 2023

An array of tan Band-Aids on a black background

Fall’s Vaccine Routine Didn’t Have to Be This Hard

Katherine J. Wu

August 30, 2023

gloved hands load a vaccine into a syringe, next to an array of other vaccine syringes

We Vaccinate Animals More Than Ourselves

Katherine J. Wu

June 15, 2023

A close-up of a prairie dog holding and licking a red, cube-shaped oral vaccine for plague

Fall’s COVID Shots May Be Different in One Key Way

Katherine J. Wu

May 26, 2023

A Pfizer COVID-vaccine vial with a purple cap, on top of a large array of other Pfizer vials. The vial on top is clear; the rest of the image is out of focus.

23 Pandemic Decisions That Actually Went Right

Rachel Gutman-Wei, Sarah Laskow, Yasmin Tayag, Katherine J. Wu, and Sarah Zhang

May 9, 2023

Four arrows point at a red coronavirus

The Case for Less Political Reporting

Conor Friedersdorf

April 12, 2023

Illustration of a mid-20th-century newscaster

To Understand Anti-vaxxers, Consider Aristotle

March 28, 2023

Cartoon of a marble bust wearing a medical mask over the upper half of its face

My 6-Year-Old Son Died. Then the Anti-vaxxers Found Out.

March 28, 2023

Illustration of a half-closed laptop with a flickering screen light

The Good News About Vaccine Hesitancy

February 3, 2023

a two-channel video in black-and-white: the one on the left is of a factory line of medical vials, and the other is of people in masks walking

The Flu-ification of COVID Policy Is Almost Complete

Katherine J. Wu

January 26, 2023

Photo of a woman on a city sidewalk wearing medical scrubs and a mask, next to a sign promoting free flu shots

Are Our Immune Systems Stuck in 2020?

Katherine J. Wu

January 11, 2023

Illustration of a big vaccine syringe with a line of smaller ones trailing behind

The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac Arrest

January 4, 2023

A football on a field, painted with the shape of a syringe

How Many Republicans Died Because the GOP Turned Against Vaccines?

December 23, 2022

Nasal Vaccines Are Here

Katherine J. Wu

December 21, 2022

Photo of someone receiving a nasal spray vaccine in Beijing, China

Annual COVID Shots Mean We Can Stop Counting

Katherine J. Wu

November 8, 2022

A grid of images, each showing a gloved hand holding a vial of vaccine

The Bivalent Shot Might Lay You Out

Katherine J. Wu

October 21, 2022

Photo of someone lying on a sofa, under a blanket, with their hand on their head

My Family of Conspiracists

September 24, 2022

Maryam Henein at a protest, yelling into a megaphone

Did a Famous Doctor’s COVID Shot Make His Cancer Worse?

September 24, 2022

Picture of Michel Goldman

Polio Is Exploiting a Very Human Weakness

Katherine J. Wu

September 16, 2022

A child opens his mouth to receive the oral polio vaccine

Should Your Flu and COVID Shots Go in Different Arms?

Katherine J. Wu

September 15, 2022

Photos of a person's rolled-up sleeve, with either one or two band-aids on the shoulder

Are We Really Getting COVID Boosters Every Year Forever?

September 9, 2022

Photo of two gloved hands preparing a vaccine dose

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America’s Baffling Booster Messaging

August 31, 2022

A pharmacist fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine.

A Simple Rule for Planning Your Fall Booster Shot

Rachel Gutman-Wei

August 27, 2022

Illustration of coronavirus particles surrounding a syringe

America’s Fall Booster Plan Has a Fatal Paradox

Katherine J. Wu

August 25, 2022

a vaccine being injected into an arm. both people in the photo are wearing masks. the tops of their faces are not visible.

America’s New Monkeypox Strategy Rests on a Single Study

Katherine J. Wu

August 10, 2022

an illustration of a vial of Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, cut into 5 pieces

The Problem With Being Too Cautious in Vaccine Trials

Jay Varma and Sallie Permar

August 6, 2022

A pregnant woman getting a vaccine

The Power Imbalance Undermining Global Health

July 18, 2022

A syringe behind a barbed-wire fence

New COVID Vaccines Will Be Ready This Fall. America Won’t Be.

Katherine J. Wu

July 17, 2022

GIF of a flock of vaccine syringes flying across a landscape

This Fall Will Be a Vaccination Reboot

Katherine J. Wu

June 28, 2022

a health worker administers a vaccine to a person sitting in a chair

Vaccines for the Littlest Kids Have Already Flopped

Katherine J. Wu

June 9, 2022

an illustration of a child's swing suspended from a vaccine needle