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Coronavirus

Evidence-based explanations of the Covid-19 pandemic, including how it started, how it might end, and how to protect yourself and others.

Politics & Policy

School vaccine mandates for Covid-19 are not happening

By Rachel M. Cohen

BA.5 doesn’t care that you just had Covid-19

By Umair Irfan

Even Better

You still need to tell your friends if you get Covid

By Allie Volpe

The Goods

The pandemic impulse purchases we grew to hate

By Emily Stewart

Future Perfect

During Covid, most governments just gave people money

By Siobhan McDonough

Why monkeypox is a repeat of the data mistakes made with Covid-19

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg August 14

Should you get another Covid-19 vaccine booster now or wait for the new shots?

By Umair Irfan and Keren Landman August 4

President Biden has rebound Covid. How risky is that?

By Vox Staff August 1

The key to universal Covid-19 vaccines lies in your bones

By Umair Irfan July 29

We’ve all got Covid-19 fatigue, but BA.5 shows it’s not over

By Ellen Ioanes July 24

President Biden just tested positive for Covid-19. What happens now?

By Dylan Scott and Li Zhou July 21

Why BA.5 is cause for concern, but not alarm. Yet.

By Keren Landman July 15

Two cartoon characters in white lab coats hold up medicine vials in celebration.

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Just about everyone in America is finally eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine. Now what?

By Umair Irfan June 30

“She hardly goes out”: Racism is keeping many Asian Americans from going to the doctor

Pandemic-related hate crimes against Asian Americans have left many feeling unsafe in public. The consequences of missed health care will have lasting effects.

By Jenny Chen June 30

The Aftermath

By Vox Staff June 30

Health care in jails and prisons is terrible. The pandemic made it even worse.

By Victoria Law June 28

Yes, you should test for Covid before going to a gathering

By Allie Volpe June 22

The FDA has authorized Covid-19 vaccines for babies and toddlers. Here’s what parents should know.

By Umair Irfan June 17

A new study claims Medicare-for-all could have saved more than 200,000 lives during the pandemic

By Dylan Scott June 16

Why have politicians stopped talking about Covid?

By Dylan Scott June 16

How the US is failing refugees, in one chart

By Sigal Samuel June 14

We just got the most comprehensive study of pandemic learning loss

By Sean Rameswaram and Miles Bryan June 10

The kids who have never known life without Covid-19

By Anna North June 7

Politics & Policy

When hospitals value nurses as much as jello

Hospitals don’t profit off having good nurses. That’s a big problem.

By Dylan Scott June 6

What the latest Covid-19 variants and subvariants mean for the pandemic

By Umair Irfan May 24

Pandemic school reopenings were not just about politics

By Rachel M. Cohen May 23

Stronger public health systems and uniform messaging are critical to fight Covid-19

By Natasha Ishak May 22

Why the FDA rejected fluvoxamine as a Covid-19 drug

By Kelsey Piper May 20

“A lot of unnecessary loss of life”: The White House’s dire warning on Covid-19 funding

By Dylan Scott May 19

The developing Covid crisis in Beijing, explained

By Muizz Akhtar May 19

Bill Gates knows philanthropy alone can’t solve inequality

By Whizy Kim May 15

Carrick Flynn may be 2022’s unlikeliest candidate. Here’s why he’s running.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg and Dylan Matthews May 14

4 questions about long Covid experts wish they could answer

By Keren Landman May 12

The major blind spot in Bill Gates’s pandemic prevention plan

By Whizy Kim May 10

Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here’s how humans beat it.

By Kelsey Piper May 8

Can we stop the next pandemic by seeking out deadly viruses in the wild?

By Kelsey Piper May 7

How many people have died from the Covid-19 crisis?

By Umair Irfan May 5

3 pandemic metrics that could tell us what’s next

By Dylan Scott April 29

The faulty foundation of our new post-pandemic normal

By Dylan Scott April 25

How to think about masking on planes, trains, and buses right now

By Rachel Wilkerson Miller April 22

Shanghai’s zero Covid nightmare

By Zack Beauchamp April 21

Welcome to the choose-your-own-adventure phase of the pandemic

By Dylan Scott April 20

The Trump judge’s opinion striking down the airplane mask mandate is a legal disaster

By Ian Millhiser April 19

How China’s zero-Covid policy is failing Shanghai

By Ellen Ioanes April 16