Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Bloomberg / Getty Of Course Biden Has COVID
The most notable feature of the president’s illness is that he evaded COVID for this long.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID
Even before the pandemic began, more people here were dying at younger ages than in comparably wealthy nations.
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The Atlantic / Getty Put Your Face in Airplane Mode
Masking only at the start and end of every flight will do a lot to keep you safe.
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Ben Hickey The Power Imbalance Undermining Global Health
A landmark deal between rich and poor countries was supposed to help end the pandemic. It has done nothing of the sort.
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Richard Gardette / Getty; The Atlantic New COVID Vaccines Will Be Ready This Fall. America Won’t Be.
Respiratory-virus season starts soon, and our autumn vaccine strategy is shaky at best.
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Bloomberg / Getty The BA.5 Wave Is What COVID Normal Looks Like
The endless churn of variants may not stop anytime soon, unless we do something about it.
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Spencer Platt / Getty Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?
The latest surge is a test of our pandemic priorities.
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Jens Kalaene / picture alliance / Getty How Are We Possibly Still Disinfecting Things?
America can’t quit hygiene theater.
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Guillermo Legaria / Getty America’s Public-Health Efforts Have Slowed to a Crawl
Why we’re seeing so little progress not just on vaccines, but even on sunscreen.
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Chandan Khanna / AFP / Getty Letter: The NIH Has Responded Forcefully to COVID-19
The nation’s leading health-research agency, its acting director writes, has moved with unprecedented speed against a global threat.
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Ben Birchall / PA Images / Getty Don’t Worry, It’s Not COVID
Some tips for how to be a good sick person in the COVID era, whatever is ailing you
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Alisha Jucevic / The New York Times / … This Fall Will Be a Vaccination Reboot
For the first time, COVID vaccines are getting an update in the U.S. But Americans still need to be persuaded to take them.
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The Atlantic America Is Sliding Into the Long Pandemic Defeat
In the face of government inaction, the country’s best chance at keeping the crisis from spiraling relies on everyone to keep caring.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Squirrels Could Make Monkeypox a Forever Problem
If the virus finds a new animal host, it could settle in for the long run—and cause more outbreaks in the future.
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Getty; The Atlantic A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless
A string of negatives can still presage a clear-as-day positive.
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The Atlantic Vaccines for the Littlest Kids Have Already Flopped
COVID vaccines for infants and toddlers are stalling and stumbling even before they’ve left the gate.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Don’t Wait to Get Your Kid Vaccinated
Kids are at risk of severe COVID outcomes—and immunity from infection isn’t enough.
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Aly Song / Reuters The End of Shanghai’s Two-Month COVID Lockdown
Images from the past few weeks of lockdown, and early signs of Shanghai’s reopening
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Getty; The Atlantic An ER Doctor’s ‘Third Way’ Approach to the Gun Crisis
Why violence demands not just policy solutions, but public-health ones
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Getty; The Atlantic Vaccines Are Still Mostly Blocking Severe Disease
Our original-recipe shots are holding up against new variants. But we may need to improve them, and soon.
