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

The science behind the omicron wave’s sharp peak and rapid decline

By Umair Irfan January 31

Here’s how to get the most out of free tests and N95s

By Ellen Ioanes January 29

A bizarre Wisconsin hospital lawsuit shows how Covid-19 gave workers new leverage

By Dylan Scott January 29

How to heal our national exhaustion

By Anna North January 27

The extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines, in two charts

By Umair Irfan January 27

Omicron’s most crucial warning: A disease can move much faster than we can

By Kelsey Piper January 26

What you need to know about Biden’s 400 million mask plan

By Muizz Akhtar January 25

The hidden lesson in the new free Covid-19 tests

By Dara Lind January 22

How to spot the signs of long Covid — and what to do next

By Casey Gueren January 21

The frustrating Covid-19 test reimbursement process is a microcosm of US health care

By Dylan Scott January 20

Why Covid-19 is always one step ahead of the US response

By Dylan Scott January 20

Could a universal Covid-19 vaccine defeat every variant?

By Umair Irfan January 19

Am I asymptomatic, or do I just really not want to have Covid-19? A guide.

By Allie Volpe January 18

We’ll never have a normal flu season again

By Dylan Scott January 18

Even Tories are over Boris Johnson’s scandals after “Partygate”

By Ellen Ioanes January 15

The Supreme Court can’t get its story straight on vaccines

By Ian Millhiser January 15

This is what long-term immunity to Covid-19 might look like

By Umair Irfan January 14

The most consistently botched part of the US pandemic response

By Dylan Scott January 14

A syllabus for a new world

By Alissa Wilkinson January 13

Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

By Nicole Narea January 13

Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?

By Muizz Akhtar January 13

The lesson America refuses to learn about Covid-19 and the economy

By Emily Stewart January 12

Omicron is exploding. Here’s what to do if you’re exposed.

By Sigal Samuel January 11

Rapid tests, omicron, and you

By Rebecca Heilweil January 10

Why one of the most vaccinated places in America couldn’t avoid omicron

By Nicole Narea January 9

We need to wear better masks

By Ellen Ioanes January 8

The Supreme Court appears ready to slash Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers

By Ian Millhiser January 7

The great population growth slowdown

By Bryan Walsh January 5

The stakes in the Supreme Court’s vaccine cases are even bigger than they seem

By Ian Millhiser January 5

A partisan judge just gave Navy SEALs permission to defy a direct order

By Ian Millhiser January 4

The shape of the omicron wave is becoming clearer

By Dylan Scott January 4

Where have all the truck drivers gone?

By Jen Kirby January 2

Despite omicron, Covid-19 will become endemic. Here’s how.

By Sigal Samuel January 1

22 things we think will happen in 2022

By Dylan Matthews, Kelsey Piper, and 1 more January 1

22 predictions we made in 2021, and the 13 we got right

By Dylan Matthews, Sigal Samuel, and 1 more December 30, 2021

Covid-19 surges spark chain reactions that strain US hospitals everywhere

By Dylan Scott December 28, 2021

Welcome to Covid-19’s “junior year.” It’s not pretty.

By Eleanor Cummins December 27, 2021

Just how much is Trump’s judiciary sabotaging the Biden presidency?

By Ian Millhiser December 27, 2021

What happens when omicron hits China

By Jonathan Guyer December 24, 2021

How to recognize Covid-19 symptoms from the omicron variant

By Umair Irfan December 24, 2021

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