Coronavirus

Coronavirus

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

The Highlight

Will America continue to turn away from vaccines?

By Yasmin Tayag

Future Perfect

How to make Covid the last pandemic

By Kelsey Piper

World

The wave of protests testing China’s zero-Covid policy, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

Science & Health

Your free pandemic health perks are on the way out

By Umair Irfan

Science & Health

The two big pandemic investments we still need to make

By Keren Landman

How “zero-Covid” changed China — and the world

By Kelsey Piper November 30

What makes China’s wave of protests different this time

By Jonathan Guyer November 30

Going home for the holidays? Boost, mask, and test beforehand.

By Allie Volpe November 18

How to read a controversial preprint paper on Covid’s origins

By Kelsey Piper October 26

Our buildings are making us sick

By Keren Landman October 24

US President Joe Biden smiles before receiving a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine targeting the omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2022.

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The Future Perfect 50

Zeynep Tufekci has been consistently ahead of the curve on Covid-19

By Siobhan McDonough October 20

Oops, we forgot to fix the supply chain

By Rebecca Heilweil October 19

Why do labs keep making dangerous viruses?

By Kelsey Piper October 19

The best thing you can do to quash a deadly Covid-19 surge this winter

By Umair Irfan October 13

A wave of anti-vaccine legislation is sweeping the United States

By Dylan Scott October 6

The child care crisis just keeps getting worse

By Rachel M. Cohen September 27

When, why, and how to get a new Covid-19 booster shot

By Keren Landman and Umair Irfan September 8

Why are American lives getting shorter?

By Siobhan McDonough September 7

New Covid-19 vaccine boosters are coming

By Umair Irfan August 31

Why Covid-19 death rates remain stubbornly flat

By Umair Irfan August 31

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

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg August 14

School vaccine mandates for Covid-19 are not happening

By Rachel M. Cohen August 8

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

You still need to tell your friends if you get Covid

By Allie Volpe July 31

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

By Umair Irfan July 29

The pandemic impulse purchases we grew to hate

By Emily Stewart July 27

During Covid, most governments just gave people money

By Siobhan McDonough July 27

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

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

By Umair Irfan July 17

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

By Keren Landman July 15

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