Bill Gates: The Pandemic Has Erased Years of Progress
“If you only look at COVID deaths, you’re actually missing the scale of the setback.”
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Fauci to a Meddling HHS Official: ‘Take a Hike’
The nation’s top public-health expert addresses political interference in the COVID-19 response, but urges Americans to focus on the winter ahead.
Paging Dr. Hamblin: What If the Vaccine Works Only Half the Time?
A coronavirus vaccine doesn’t need to be perfect to still be valuable.
A Failure of Empathy Led to 200,000 Deaths. It Has Deep Roots.
One giant psychology experiment explains why many people seem like they don’t care about the deaths of the elderly.
The Core Lesson of the COVID-19 Heart Debate
The new coronavirus seems so strange because it has our full attention in a way most viruses don’t.
How We Survive the Winter
The coming months of the pandemic could be catastrophic. The U.S. still has ways to prepare.
Listen: Fires Outside, Virus Inside
How wildfires make the virus more dangerous
Life in the Wake of COVID-19
Images of the difficult personal journey of a father and daughter, in the months after the loss of their wife and mother due to COVID-19
Listen: Is Faster Better?
We want vaccines. We want rapid tests. But when is fast too fast?
The Fog of the Pandemic Is Returning
Millions of coronavirus tests may be happening without their results being made public.