Coronavirus: COVID-19

The Pandemic’s Final Surge Will Be Brutal

Over the weekend, the seven-day average of COVID-19 deaths passed the spring’s peak.

• Whet Moser
• December 7, 2020

The Month the Pandemic Started to End

The pandemic is unfolding as if on a split screen. The winter looks bleak, but Americans can now give themselves permission to hope for a speedy vaccine rollout.

• Juliette Kayyem
• December 6, 2020

Listen: Misinformation Mailbag

How do you talk with a loved one who believes pandemic conspiracy theories?

• December 6, 2020

The U.S. Has Passed the Hospital Breaking Point

A new statistic shows that health-care workers are running out of space to treat COVID-19 patients.

• Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal
• December 4, 2020

Pandemic Data Are Stalling Out

Thanksgiving has skewed reporting of COVID-19 cases and deaths, but one metric is still clear: Hospitalizations keep rising.

• The COVID Tracking Project
• December 3, 2020

The Long Haul of Vaccine Results Is Just Beginning

The initial results of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine trials were unexpected and confusing, but there’s more data to come.

• Sarah Zhang
• December 1, 2020

Go Home Now

U.S. COVID-19 statistics are about to look better—even though the reality is almost certainly getting worse. It’s time to hibernate.

• Derek Thompson
• December 1, 2020

Sorry to Burst Your Quarantine Bubble

Pod means something different to everyone, and that’s a problem.

• Rachel Gutman-Wei
• November 30, 2020

Dry Ice Is Hotter Than Ever

Solid carbon dioxide has long been essential to manufacturing, food processing, and high-school theater. Now it’s a key part of the race to get America vaccinated.

• Charles Fishman
• November 27, 2020

Pandemic Data Are About to Go Sideways

States are likely to report fewer coronavirus cases, but not because things are getting better.

• Joanna Pearlstein and Whet Moser
• November 26, 2020

A Tragic Beginning to the Holiday Season

COVID-19 hospitalizations have been at a record high for more than two weeks, and daily deaths have exceeded 2,000 for the first time since May.

• The COVID Tracking Project
• November 26, 2020

The Logic of Pandemic Restrictions Is Falling Apart

This is why you can eat in a restaurant but can’t have Thanksgiving. ​​​

• Amanda Mull
• November 25, 2020

Listen: How to Cancel Thanksgiving

Because you should.

• November 20, 2020

Hospitals Know What’s Coming

“We are on an absolutely catastrophic path,” said a COVID-19 doctor at America’s best-prepared hospital.

• Ed Yong
• November 20, 2020

The Final Pandemic Surge Is Crashing Over America

For the first time, the U.S. recorded 1 million COVID-19 cases in one week.

• Robinson Meyer and The COVID Tracking Project
• November 19, 2020

The End of the Pandemic Is Now in Sight

A year of scientific uncertainty is over. Two vaccines look like they will work, and more should follow.

• Sarah Zhang
• November 18, 2020

Hospitals Can’t Go On Like This

Twenty-two percent of American hospitals don’t have enough workers right now.

• Alexis C. Madrigal
• November 17, 2020

The Pandemic Safety Rule That Really Matters

Don’t spend time indoors with people outside your household.

• Rachel Gutman-Wei
• November 17, 2020

Cancel Thanksgiving

This is a moment for creativity.

• James Hamblin
• November 16, 2020

Podcast: A 90 Percent Effective Vaccine

The lead principal investigator of the Pfizer vaccine trial explains the news that it’s 90 percent effective.

• November 13, 2020