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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.

Finding the next pandemic virus before it finds us

By Umair Irfan

Coronavirus

Who should get a fourth Covid-19 vaccine shot — and when?

By Dylan Scott

Covid-19 safety doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Here’s how to think about it going forward.

By Rachel Wilkerson Miller

The Goods

The long, strange history of anti-vaccination movements

By Anna North

Future Perfect

What the world got right during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Muizz Akhtar

What immunocompromised people need to know right now

By Keren Landman April 6

How sewage can warn us about the next pandemic

By Muizz Akhtar April 6

How to test and trace a virus we haven’t discovered yet

By Dylan Matthews April 6

Congress is cutting corners on Covid-19 funding. We may pay for it later.

By Dylan Scott April 5

Why experts are terrified of a human-made pandemic — and what we can do to stop it

By Kelsey Piper April 5

Pandemic-Proof

By Vox Staff April 4

We need to be developing vaccines for the next pandemic — right now

By Dylan Matthews April 4

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The Biden administration is ending a controversial border policy

By Nicole Narea April 2

Why well-qualified medical school graduates can’t get jobs — despite doctor shortages

By Keren Landman March 25

How Hong Kong’s pandemic success story turned into a nightmare

By Umair Irfan March 25

Congress’s epic pandemic funding failure

By Dylan Matthews March 22

How the next pandemic surge will be different

By Keren Landman March 21

Covid-19 cases are exploding in Asia. Here’s what it means for the rest of the world.

By Umair Irfan March 18

Are we done with face masks?

By Kimberly Mas March 17

The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access

By Keren Landman March 16

What’s in Congress’s $1.5 trillion appropriations bill

By Li Zhou March 11

Nice raise. Too bad about inflation.

By Rani Molla March 10

We have the best view yet of Covid-19’s origins. What should we do about it?

By Umair Irfan March 9

You can now order more free Covid-19 rapid tests from Biden’s program

By Rebecca Heilweil March 7

Maternity wards are shuttering across the US during the pandemic

The closures could make giving birth more dangerous in the United States.

By Dylan Scott March 7

There’s no good way to roll back mask mandates

By Keren Landman March 4

Inflation, explained by eggs

By Emily Stewart March 2

How the era of travel nursing has changed health care

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg March 2

Is the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic behind us? We asked 8 experts.

By Keren Landman, Umair Irfan, and 1 more March 2

2 big reasons America’s booster rates are lagging

By Dylan Scott February 24

How American conservatives turned against the vaccine

By Joss Fong February 23

The Supreme Court is not being honest with you

By Ian Millhiser February 19

What can actually convince vaccine skeptics to get their shots

By Dylan Scott February 17

Why were scientists so slow to study Covid-19 vaccines and menstruation?

By Keren Landman February 17

The health system isn’t ready for an advanced cancer surge

By Dylan Scott February 14

The best $540 we ever spent: An indoor garden that made us feel connected

By Maryellen Groot February 13

Democratic governors are trying to move on from a pandemic that’s still happening

By Li Zhou February 11

Will schools require Covid-19 vaccines for students?

By Anna North February 11

They save skiers and hikers in the wilderness. Here’s how they think about resilience.

Search-and-rescue responders have powerful new ways of recovering from trauma.

By Christopher Tedeschi February 11

We regret to inform you that we are now discussing subvariants

By Umair Irfan February 10

Is the FDA too cautious?

By Jerusalem Demsas February 10

I’m vaxxed, boosted, and just had Covid-19. Can I relax now?

By Allie Volpe February 9

Who actually needs a fourth Covid-19 shot?

By Dylan Scott February 3

Why young children have waited so long for Covid-19 vaccines

By Umair Irfan February 3