Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Julian Montague Paging Dr. Hamblin: Are Kids Really Spared From the Coronavirus?
Some children are having a delayed immune reaction after getting infected. The extent of the condition is just coming into view.
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Getty / The Atlantic A Dire Warning From COVID-19 Test Providers
U.S. coronavirus testing could fail again, as surging demand creates new backlogs and delays.
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Getty / CSA / The Atlantic Don’t Build Roads, Open Schools
The idea of child care as women’s (unpaid) work holds the issue back in political discussions.
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Carlos Alvarez / Getty Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
As states and cities waffle on pandemic restrictions, public health has become individuals’ responsibility.
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Harrison McClary / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: How Is College Going to Work?
The good and bad plans for reopening higher education
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The Atlantic The 3 Weeks That Changed Everything
Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: The Ethical Calculus of Reopening
A medical ethicist weighs the options.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: People Are Panic-Moving
Will the pandemic remake big cities?
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Getty / Annalise Pasztor / Katie Martin / … A State-by-State Coronavirus Tracker
The latest number of confirmed cases everywhere in the U.S.
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The Atlantic A Devastating New Stage of the Pandemic
The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.
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NBC / Kevin Frayer / Getty / Katie … We’re Living in the Retro-Future
In some ways, the pandemic put time on fast-forward. In others, it transported us back—way back—into the past.
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Anystock / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Listen: The Air-Conditioning Question
Is indoor air safe? And do I even want to know what a toilet plume is?
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Fred Marvaux / Rea / Redux The School Reopeners Think America Is Forgetting About Kids
Some public-health experts say the costs of keeping schools closed outweigh the hazards of reopening them.
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Cristopher Rogel Blanquet / Getty Coronavirus: Thousands of Burials Across Latin America
Recent images of some of the services and memorials in Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and more
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Julian Montague Paging Dr. Hamblin: Can AC Spread the Coronavirus?
The exact risk is unknown, but it’s a good moment to make sure ventilation systems are working well.
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Olivia Arthur / Magnum What Happens When Kids Don’t See Their Peers for Months
Socializing is a crucial part of growing up. The pandemic brought it to a halt.
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Getty / The Atlantic What America Asks of Working Parents Is Impossible
More and more, the goals of being a dedicated employee and being a dedicated parent seem to be in conflict.
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The Atlantic The Decline of the American World
Other countries are used to loathing America, admiring America, and fearing America (sometimes all at once). But pitying America? That one is new.
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Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Virtual Parental Visitation Could Have Unintended Consequences for Abuse Survivors
Court-mandated video chats with their kids could give abusers intimate glimpses into their victims’ homes.
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Adam Maida The Death of Cosmopolitanism
The coronavirus outbreak has emboldened defenders of the nation-state, in Europe and beyond.
