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COVID-19

July 21, 2022

Health

America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID

Ed Yong

July 21, 2022

An American flag is viewed against the sky, from inside a freshly dug grave

Health

Put Your Face in Airplane Mode

Saahil Desai

July 19, 2022

Health

The BA.5 Wave Is What COVID Normal Looks Like

Katherine J. Wu

July 14, 2022

Health

Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?

Ed Yong

July 11, 2022

A photograph of people, some masked, walking down a staircase

Health

How Are We Possibly Still Disinfecting Things?

Yasmin Tayag

July 7, 2022

A person sprays a cloth with cleaning solution.

Newsletters

The Thin Red Lines

Charlie Warzel

July 5, 2022

The Conversation

Letter: The NIH Has Responded Forcefully to COVID-19

July 5, 2022

Health

Don’t Worry, It’s Not COVID

Jacob Stern

July 1, 2022

Health

This Fall Will Be a Vaccination Reboot

Katherine J. Wu

June 28, 2022

Health

Five COVID Numbers That Don’t Make Sense Anymore

Katherine J. Wu

June 23, 2022

Question marks with a COVID virus as the dot

Global

China’s ‘Very Dangerous Trajectory’

Michael Schuman

June 21, 2022

A security guard wearing a Hazmat suit stands in front of a patch of green and a large photo of rolling fields in Beijing

Health

Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’

Benjamin Mazer

June 15, 2022

Fractured photo-collage of a woman in seeming discomfort

Health

Monkeypox Vaccines Are Too Gnarly for the Masses

Katherine J. Wu

June 14, 2022

an illustration of a crowd of people with monkeypox particles layered over them

Health

A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

Katherine J. Wu

June 10, 2022

a series of blue coronavirus splotches, the last of which is pink

Health

Monkeypox Could Be Nothing—Or It Could Be the Next Syphilis

Rachel Gutman-Wei

June 9, 2022

Photo of airline passengers passing a monkeypox virus information screen

Health

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

Health

Don’t Wait to Get Your Kid Vaccinated

Katherine J. Wu

June 7, 2022

Health

Why This COVID Wave Feels Different

Yasmin Tayag

June 3, 2022

Science

We Should Have Seen Monkeypox Coming

Sarah Zhang

June 3, 2022

a series of warning signs with a virus in them

Ideas

How to Think About Personal Risk When COVID Case Data Can’t Be Trusted

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

May 29, 2022

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Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: When You Get COVID Again and Again

Katherine J. Wu

May 27, 2022

A white envelope on a red background with a red Atlantic "A"

Health

You Are Going to Get COVID Again … And Again … And Again

Katherine J. Wu

May 27, 2022

Collage with an image of a women blowing her nose, repeated 7 times

Health

Vaccines Are Still Mostly Blocking Severe Disease

Katherine J. Wu

May 23, 2022

a mountain with a coronavirus particle peeking over it

Ideas

I Feel Safest in My Hospital

Danielle Ofri

May 22, 2022

A blurred photo of a white face mask lying discarded

Health

So, Have You Heard About Monkeypox?

Ed Yong

May 19, 2022

Some black smudges on a green background with white blobs

Health

What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing

Ed Yong

May 18, 2022

Dr. Sylvie de Souza at the emergency room in Brooklyn Hospital Center

Health

Is a Common Virus Suddenly Causing Liver Failure in Kids?

Sarah Zhang

May 13, 2022

the silhouettes of two children facing each other are full of viruses

Health

The U.S. Is About to Make a Big Gamble on Our Next COVID Winter

Katherine J. Wu

May 13, 2022

test tubes in a row, falling and transforming into a vaccine syringe

Up for Debate

Is Gen Z Coddled, or Caring?

Conor Friedersdorf

May 11, 2022

Royce Hall, on the UCLA campus, as UCLA lecturers and students celebrate after a strike was averted Wednesday morning.

Health

The Promising Treatment for Long COVID We’re Not Even Trying

Katherine J. Wu

May 10, 2022

On the left, a black-and-white photo of a person with their face in their hands, and on the right, a pair of oval pills

Health

‘Better Than Omicron’ Is Still Pretty Bad

Katherine J. Wu

May 5, 2022

a gif of coronavirus particles swirling into an American flag

Health

America Is Starting to See What COVID Immunity Really Looks Like

Katherine J. Wu

May 4, 2022

art of rapid coronavirus tests showing positive results

Ideas

Biden Is Rightsizing the COVID Crisis

Juliette Kayyem

May 4, 2022

Illustration of Joe Biden and fuzzy green dots

Politics

You Were Right About COVID, and Then You Weren’t

Olga Khazan

May 3, 2022

A worker disinfecting seats at a sports stadium

Health

Are We in the Middle of an Invisible COVID Wave?

Yasmin Tayag

April 28, 2022

An image of a virus particle torn in half. An American flag is in the background.

Sections

The Print Edition

Of Course Biden Has COVID

America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID

Put Your Face in Airplane Mode

The BA.5 Wave Is What COVID Normal Looks Like

Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?

How Are We Possibly Still Disinfecting Things?

The Thin Red Lines

Letter: The NIH Has Responded Forcefully to COVID-19

Don’t Worry, It’s Not COVID

This Fall Will Be a Vaccination Reboot

Five COVID Numbers That Don’t Make Sense Anymore

China’s ‘Very Dangerous Trajectory’

Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’

Monkeypox Vaccines Are Too Gnarly for the Masses

A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

Monkeypox Could Be Nothing—Or It Could Be the Next Syphilis

Vaccines for the Littlest Kids Have Already Flopped

Don’t Wait to Get Your Kid Vaccinated

Why This COVID Wave Feels Different

We Should Have Seen Monkeypox Coming

How to Think About Personal Risk When COVID Case Data Can’t Be Trusted

The Atlantic Daily: When You Get COVID Again and Again

You Are Going to Get COVID Again … And Again … And Again

Vaccines Are Still Mostly Blocking Severe Disease

I Feel Safest in My Hospital

So, Have You Heard About Monkeypox?

What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing

Is a Common Virus Suddenly Causing Liver Failure in Kids?

The U.S. Is About to Make a Big Gamble on Our Next COVID Winter

Is Gen Z Coddled, or Caring?

The Promising Treatment for Long COVID We’re Not Even Trying

‘Better Than Omicron’ Is Still Pretty Bad

America Is Starting to See What COVID Immunity Really Looks Like

Biden Is Rightsizing the COVID Crisis

You Were Right About COVID, and Then You Weren’t

Are We in the Middle of an Invisible COVID Wave?