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Coronavirus: America's response

Vox's coverage of how the United States is responding to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, from President Trump, Congress, and state governments, to our healthcare systems and medical officials. To read more of Vox's coronavirus coverage, return to the hub here.

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

Despite increased cases, public health officials’ plans seem muted, at best.

By Ellen Ioanes

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

America’s failures to respond to Covid-19 and to deliver universal health care are part of the same story.

By Dylan Scott

Why have politicians stopped talking about Covid?

By Dylan Scott June 16

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

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

By Dylan Scott May 19

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

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg and Dylan Matthews May 14

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

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

By Dylan Scott April 20

The secrets hidden in sewage

By Dylan Scott April 13

What the media needs to get right in the next pandemic

By Kelsey Piper April 10

The good and bad news about the current Covid-19 wave

By Dylan Scott April 7

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

The Biden administration is ending a controversial border policy

By Nicole Narea April 2

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

By Dylan Scott March 31

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

By Li Zhou March 11

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

By Rebecca Heilweil March 7

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

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

Who actually needs a fourth Covid-19 shot?

By Dylan Scott February 3

How to heal our national exhaustion

By Anna North January 27

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

We’ll never have a normal flu season again

By Dylan Scott January 18

The most consistently botched part of the US pandemic response

By Dylan Scott January 14

Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

By Nicole Narea January 13

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

The shape of the omicron wave is becoming clearer

By Dylan Scott January 4

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

By Dylan Scott December 28, 2021

How to make sense of the case and hospitalization data as omicron takes off

By Dylan Scott December 22, 2021

How omicron broke Covid-19 testing

By Rebecca Heilweil December 21, 2021

Congress is on the brink of an immense health policy failure

By Dylan Scott December 20, 2021

Does it still make sense for vaccinated people with Covid-19 to isolate for 10 days?

By Dylan Scott December 17, 2021

Omicron is coming and lockdowns aren’t coming back. So what can we do?

By Dylan Scott December 16, 2021