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Why New York has 12 times as many coronavirus deaths as California

California is not in the clear yet, but its experience so far has some potential takeaways.

By German Lopez

The US doesn’t just need to flatten the curve. It needs to “raise the line.”

How everybody can do their part to help doctors fight coronavirus, in one chart.

By Eliza Barclay, Dylan Scott, and 1 other

How coronavirus is changing the ways we grieve and mourn the dead

"The normal healing process has been disrupted," a rabbi told Vox.

By Alex Ward

Wisconsin voters are waiting in 5-hour lines in the middle of a deadly pandemic

The state has been under a shelter-in-place order since March 25.

By Katelyn Burns

Michael Lewis explains how the Trump administration puts us all at risk of catastrophe

Trump’s botched coronavirus response isn’t the first time his administration has put Americans at risk. And it won’t be the last.

By Roge Karma

Jared Kushner, Peter Navarro, and our epidemic of overconfidence

The Trump administration is plagued by the Dunning-Kruger effect — the overconfidence of the ignorant. And it’s making the rest of America sick.

By Zack Beauchamp

The Supreme Court’s disturbing order to effectively disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters

American democracy is in deep trouble.

By Ian Millhiser

Dalgona coffee, PowerPoint parties, and bread baking: The micro-trends of quarantine

Why it might feel like everyone you know is doing the exact same thing at home.

By Terry Nguyen

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The immunity test

A vaccine will take a while, but Vox's Umair Irfan says the global effort to test for immunity and treat Covid-19 is well underway.

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Many small businesses are being shut out of a new loan program by major banks

By Li Zhou

Trump’s promotion of unproven drugs is cause for alarm, but not because he’s making money off it

By Sean Collins

Covid-19 is disproportionately taking black lives

By Fabiola Cineas

Wisconsin’s Election Day is a public health disaster

By German Lopez

Can Trump cancel the November election?

By Ian Millhiser

Wisconsin is still holding an election Tuesday. Here’s when we might see results.

By Emily Stewart

New York’s battle with coronavirus continues, Boris Johnson remains in ICU: Tuesday’s coronavirus news

By Jen Kirby

The evidence for using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 is flimsy

By Umair Irfan

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The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

How to navigate society’s new normal.

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Trump said “nobody could have predicted” coronavirus. White House memos show his advisers did.

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America’s emergency medical stockpile is almost empty. Nobody knows what happens next.

By Adam Clark Estes

The tech sector is finally delivering on its promise

By Matthew Yglesias

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How to find a therapist during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Kastalia Medrano

What day is it today?

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

This week in TikTok: Maybe don’t do the “mugshot challenge”

By Rebecca Jennings

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The 2020 election calendar

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“You’re a third-rate reporter”: Trump lashes out in response to questions about damning IG report

By Aaron Rupar

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules on partisan lines to require state to hold election on Tuesday

By Ian Millhiser

How to survive quarantine, in 215 songs

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms worsen

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Understand the unfolding coronavirus pandemic with these Vox podcast episodes

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Is it ethical to hire babysitters, delivery services, and cleaners right now?

By Anna Davies

Russia’s growing coronavirus outbreak and its challenge to Vladimir Putin, explained

By Alex Ward

Trump says the federal coronavirus effort has been “incredible.” His own government disagrees.

By Aaron Rupar

What we know about the tiger with Covid-19 — and how the disease affects other animals

By Sean Collins

America braces for a difficult week, Boris Johnson is hospitalized: Monday’s coronavirus news

By Jen Kirby

“We are on our own”: How the coronavirus pandemic is hurting child care workers

By Anna North

You can’t use ventilators without sedatives. Now the US is running out of those, too.

By Lois Parshley

Cut your own hair. Dye it pink. In quarantine, there are no rules.

By Rebecca Jennings

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Everything you need to know about making your own face mask

By Alanna Okun

Quibi — the new short-form streaming service for your phone — explained

By Emily Todd VanDerWerff

I was food insecure for years. Affluent people finally understand a little of what it’s like.

By Felisa Rosa Rogers

Chart: The coronavirus pandemic, state by state

By Dylan Scott and Rani Molla

In the 1970s, “Mamma Desta” turned Ethiopian food into an American fascination. So why did fame elude her?

By Mayukh Sen

How the US stacks up to other countries in confirmed coronavirus cases

By Dylan Scott and Rani Molla

Elizabeth Warren has a plan for this, too

By Ezra Klein

“We’re being punished again”: How people with intellectual disabilities are experiencing the pandemic

By Jane Coaston

How factories are making face masks, ventilators, and hand sanitizer

By Hilary George-Parkin