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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.

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The best- and worst-case scenarios for Covid-19 this winter

Why this winter should be better than the last one.

By Dylan Scott

Why people who don’t trust vaccines embrace unproven drugs

Inside the upside-down world where Covid-19 vaccines are dangerous and ivermectin is saving lives.

By Dylan Scott

The new guidelines for Covid-19 booster shots, explained

By Dylan Scott

Does everybody need a booster shot?

By Dylan Scott

A simple solution to endless school quarantines

By Anna North

Americans are dying because no hospital will take them

By Dylan Scott

The US was a world leader in vaccination. What went wrong?

By Dylan Scott

America needs to decide how much Covid-19 risk it will tolerate

By German Lopez

Service workers now have another thankless job: Checking vaccine statuses

By Rebecca Heilweil

Why America can’t fix its Covid-19 testing problems

By Dylan Scott

How safe is it for kids to go to school during delta?

By Anna North

How Florida’s massive Covid-19 spike got so bad

By Dylan Scott

The delta doldrums

By Anna North

It’s time to accept that school won’t be normal in the fall

By Anna North

Covid-19 cases now fall into 3 distinct categories

By Dylan Scott

Biden thinks his new eviction moratorium may be doomed. Here’s why he’s trying it anyway.

By Ian Millhiser

The best way to avoid future variants is to vaccinate the world

By Kelsey Piper

Federal eviction protections have ended, leaving renters scrambling

By Maryam Gamar

Google and Facebook lead the way with Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Will corporate America follow?

By Shirin Ghaffary

Mandate the vaccine, not masks

By German Lopez

Does Congress know what it would take to stop the next pandemic?

By Kelsey Piper

Making sense of the recent Covid-19 spike

By Dylan Scott

Lockdown was not a sabbatical

By Anna North

America still needs to learn from its biggest pandemic failure

By German Lopez

California mandated masks. Florida opened its restaurants. Did any of it matter?

By Dylan Scott

Guaranteed income is graduating from charity to public policy

By Sigal Samuel

The 6 reasons Americans aren’t getting vaccinated

By German Lopez

Ohio’s vaccine lottery is a winner no matter what 

By German Lopez

Bosses are acting like the pandemic never happened

By Anna North

Beers, flights, and discounts: The growing list of vaccine freebies

By Terry Nguyen

The lingering threat of fall Covid-19 outbreaks

By German Lopez

What happened to the $45 billion in rent relief?

By Jerusalem Demsas

Cash bonuses, on-site clinics, paid leave: How US companies are supporting the vaccine drive

By Dylan Scott

The US should give away its vaccine doses. Now.

By Sigal Samuel

What American kids need this summer

By Anna North

We shouldn’t go back to “normal.” Normal wasn’t good enough.

By Sigal Samuel

Biden agreed to waive vaccine patents. But will that help get doses out faster?

By Kelsey Piper

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

By Dylan Scott

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

By Kelsey Piper

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

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

By Alissa Wilkinson

The Pandemic Playbook

Vox explores the successes — and setbacks — in six nations as they fought Covid-19.

By Dylan Scott, German Lopez, and 3 more

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