Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Getty / The Atlantic A Common Snake Oil Reemerges for the Coronavirus
The pandemic has sparked an interest in dubious cures such as colloidal silver—and some are trying to capitalize on it.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic What a Negative COVID-19 Test Really Means
We know very little about how reliable tests are for people who don’t feel sick.
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Getty / The Atlantic To Avoid Integration, Americans Built Barricades in Urban Space
Urban inequality didn’t happen by accident.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: Serenity Now
As the virus continues to spread, how do we reckon with the reality of ongoing death and disruption?
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Getty / The Atlantic Facing a COVID-19 Resurgence and Unable to Act
Coronavirus cases are going up, but lockdowns seem less realistic than ever.
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Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: The Empty Promise of Vitamins
Should we all be taking something during the pandemic? Supplements and vitamins make big claims, but their benefits are doubtful.
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H. Armstrong Roberts / Classicstock / Getty / … The Pandemic Shows Us the Genius of Supermarkets
A short history of the stores that—even now—keep us supplied with an abundance of choices
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David Dee Delgado / Getty ‘If You’re Still Comfortable, You’re Not Doing Enough’
Jumaane Williams, New York City’s second-highest elected official, shares advice for protesters and his hope for change.
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Rose Wong When Your Family Spreads Misinformation
In times of crisis, family group chats can become dangerous platforms for the spread of false claims.
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Ben McKeown / AP / The Atlantic Listen: An Extremely Bizarre Plan to Play Basketball
Rising case numbers, an empty theme park, and 22 teams in quarantine. What could go wrong?
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Jim Goldberg / Magnum The Pandemic Broke End-of-Life Care
In a Boston ICU, staff members orchestrate goodbyes over Zoom and comfort patients who would otherwise die alone.
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Carolyn Drake / Magnum The High Cost of Panic-Moving
Fleeing a big city because of the pandemic is a bigger gamble than it might seem.
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Ahn Young-joon / AP / The Atlantic Listen: Can We Sing?
And answers to other listener questions
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Max Whittaker / High Country News The Pandemic Hunger Crisis Is Only Just Getting Started
In California, food banks are struggling to keep up with surging demand.
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Stephanie Keith / Getty Fear of Public Transit Got Ahead of the Evidence
Many have blamed subways and buses for coronavirus outbreaks, but a growing body of research suggests otherwise.
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Getty / The Atlantic Coronavirus Researchers Tried to Warn Us
Before the pandemic hit, they struggled to get funding that might have hastened treatments for COVID-19.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic India’s Comfort Food Tells the Story of Its Pandemic
The country’s coronavirus response has affected Indians very differently. One thing unites them, though: a biscuit.
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Timothy Mulcare The Virus Will Win
Americans are pretending that the pandemic is over. It certainly is not.
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Illustration: Katie Martin; I. Glory / Alamy What Trump Should Have Learned From His Predecessors
Presidents who have successfully navigated crises share a key quality.
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The Atlantic Saudi Arabia Isn’t Just Raising Taxes
For autocratic regimes, increasing taxes could put their survival at risk.
