Coronavirus

Coronavirus

Evidence-based explanations of the coronavirus crisis, from how it started to how it might end to how to protect yourself and others.

Politics & Policy

If you get an insurance bill for your Covid-19 vaccine, it’s a mistake

By Dylan Scott

Will Covid-19 vaccines protect you against variants? 9 questions about variants, answered.

By Umair Irfan

Recode

Your most important vaccine passport questions, answered

By Rebecca Heilweil

Science & Health

Yes, you can be vaccinated and still get Covid-19. But don’t panic.

By Brian Resnick

Why you can’t compare Covid-19 vaccines

By Madeline Marshall and Kimberly Mas

3 reasons most public masking is still important — even if you’re vaccinated

By Katherine Harmon Courage

Anti-vaxxers aren’t the cause of America’s dropping vaccine rates

By German Lopez

Future Perfect

Of course you’re anxious about returning to normal life

By Sigal Samuel

Nurses April Gravley, left, of Clemson, South Carolina, and Jenni Casseday of Hollywood, Alabama, prepare to administer coronavirus shots at the mass vaccination site at Ripken Baseball on May 5, 2021, in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Coronavirus explainers

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“Talk to your doctor” might be key to easing concerns about the vaccine

By Dylan Scott May 5

Why getting vaccinated for Covid-19 is more popular in the UK than in the US

By Kelsey Piper May 5

The logic of Biden’s new July 4 vaccination goal

By German Lopez May 4

The US is in danger of learning the wrong lessons from Covid-19

America is already missing its chance to prepare for the next pandemic.

By Dylan Scott May 3

Anxiety seems to be the culprit in J&J vaccine fainting spells

By Gabby Birenbaum May 1

How the Indian government is silencing its critics

By Shirin Ghaffary May 1

Crowds, concentration, and a new perspective: The case for movie theaters

By Alissa Wilkinson April 30

Even if you’re vaccinated, indoor dining is still complicated

By Alex Abad-Santos April 30

How the US won the economic recovery

By Dylan Matthews April 30

The world could be doing much more to help India

By Jen Kirby and Umair Irfan April 29

Poorer countries might not get vaccinated until 2023

By Julia Belluz April 29

How Senegal stretched its health care system to stop Covid-19

By Jen Kirby April 28

How the UK found the first effective Covid-19 treatment — and saved a million lives

The United Kingdom is not a pandemic success story. But its massive Covid-19 trials program is.

By Dylan Scott April 26

Polls: A majority of Americans feel good about Biden’s first 100 days

By Cameron Peters April 25

The debate over how to handle kids’ “lost year” of learning

By Anna North April 23

We now have a solution to Covid-19 hot spots. Let’s use it.

By German Lopez April 22

The fight for DC statehood gets its best chance yet

By Jerusalem Demsas April 22

India can’t vaccinate its way out of its latest Covid-19 surge

By Jen Kirby April 21

The shadow orphan crisis of Covid-19

By Brian Resnick April 20

HIPAA, the health privacy law that’s more limited than you think, explained

By Sara Morrison April 20

Half of US adults will soon be fully vaccinated. Convincing everyone else will be more difficult.

By Gregory Svirnovskiy April 19

Amy Klobuchar takes aim at 12 vaccine misinformation influencers

By Rebecca Heilweil April 19

India is dealing with a vaccine shortage during a new wave of Covid-19

By Katelyn Burns April 18

Citizen science is booming during the pandemic

By Sigal Samuel April 18

Global deaths from Covid-19 have now topped 3 million

By Katelyn Burns April 17

The economy is improving — but the pandemic isn’t over yet

By Gregory Svirnovskiy April 15

Why the Johnson & Johnson pause may not matter for America’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout

By German Lopez April 15

“It’s a moral obligation”: How a Black bioethicist makes the case for vaccination to people of color

By Sigal Samuel April 15

Summer camps struggled during the pandemic. Here’s how one made it through.

By Luke Winkie April 15

The pandemic’s impact on our world is only just beginning

By Alex Ward April 14

How to develop vaccines faster before the next pandemic

By Kelsey Piper April 14

Hispanics are being vaccinated at lower rates nationwide. Nevada is trying to change that.

By Nicole Narea April 14

Fast food over fine dining: What spending data tells us about the pandemic recovery

By Rani Molla April 14

Why Johnson & Johnson shots were paused — and why that’s so confusing

By Umair Irfan April 13

Michigan’s governor wants voluntary efforts to curb severe coronavirus outbreak

By Zeeshan Aleem April 10

Top court rules against Covid-19 restrictions on grounds of religious liberty

By Zeeshan Aleem April 10

3 possible futures for Covid-19 in the US — with hope for a return to normal

By German Lopez April 8

Long Covid isn’t as unique as we thought

The nagging symptoms long-haulers experience reveal a frustrating blind spot in medicine.

By Julia Belluz April 7

How this New York island became a mass grave

By Rajaa Elidrissi April 7