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COVID-19 vaccine

We Got COVID Shots in One Year. Why Did a Malaria Vaccine Take 35?

May 29, 2022

A health worker prepares a malaria vaccination.

Vaccines Are Still Mostly Blocking Severe Disease

Katherine J. Wu

May 23, 2022

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America Created Its Own Booster Problems

Katherine J. Wu

April 12, 2022

an archery target surrounded by syringes stuck in the ground

Seriously, Why Not Get a Fourth Shot?

Rachel Gutman-Wei

March 31, 2022

Cartoon of four band-aids

Why Kids’ COVID-Vaccine Results Don’t Look Like Adults’

Katherine J. Wu

March 29, 2022

a nine-year-old kid prepares to receive a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in November 2021

America’s Flu-Shot Problem Is Also Its Next COVID-Shot Problem

Katherine J. Wu

March 18, 2022

A crowd of people sitting and standing on a curb

How COVID Hawks Could Save More Lives

Conor Friedersdorf

March 17, 2022

Black-and-white photo of a woman wearing a mask in a public space

Vaccinating Kids Has Never Been Easy

March 10, 2022

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Why Vaccine Cards Are So Easily Forged

March 8, 2022

A photo of a COVID-19-vaccination card next to two syringes filled with Pfzier-BioNTech vaccine doses

The Pandemic Is Following a Very Predictable and Depressing Pattern

Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, Fredros Okumu, and Madhukar Pai

March 4, 2022

An illustration of a spike protein

We Might Not Need Annual COVID Shots

Katherine J. Wu

February 24, 2022

Coronavirus particles in a whack-a-mole configuration

Joe Rogan’s Show May Be Dumb. But Is It Actually Deadly?

February 10, 2022

A broadcast microphone surrounded by vaccines

What Actually Changed for Little Kids’ Vaccines?

Katherine J. Wu

February 2, 2022

A child receiving her second dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in December

Should We Go All In on Omicron Vaccines?

Katherine J. Wu

February 1, 2022

red and white art of virus particles

America In Person

The Religious Leaders Caught in the Vaccine Wars

January 28, 2022

A syringe in the shape of a cross

How Sesame Street Is Handling the Pandemic

January 25, 2022

Big Bird on a black background

A Very Simple Way to Get America Boosted

January 24, 2022

Flyers advertising $100 in exchange for getting a COVID vaccine

Why a Three-Dose Vaccine for Young Kids Might Actually Work Out

Katherine J. Wu

January 21, 2022

7-year-old Rihanna Chihuaque receives a covid-19 vaccine

What America Lost by Delaying the Vaccine Rollout

Brendan Borrell

January 19, 2022

Photograph of people gathering in Washington, D.C., holding American flags, to honor those who died from COVID

The Culture War Has Warped the Supreme Court’s Judgment

January 14, 2022

A photo illustration of a hand wielding a gavel and smashing a vaccine vial, all on a red background

The Supreme Court Has Anointed Itself Czar of the Country’s COVID Rules

January 14, 2022

Illustration of a syringe superimposed on a red horizontal line

Should I Just Get Omicron Over With?

Katherine J. Wu

January 5, 2022

a woman uses a coronavirus test

Our Relationship With COVID Vaccines Is Just Getting Started

Katherine J. Wu

December 29, 2021

A photo collage of an arm covered in Band-Aids

Don’t Alienate the Willing

December 22, 2021

Fully Vaccinated Is About to Mean Something Else

Katherine J. Wu

December 17, 2021

a vaccine syringe

Omicron Has Created a Whole New Booster Logic

Katherine J. Wu

December 8, 2021

Bottles of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

How to Socialize Safely in the Booster Era

December 6, 2021

A picture of a vial of a COVID-19 vaccine

What’s Really Behind Global Vaccine Hesitancy

December 6, 2021

A Pinocchio figure with a vaccine syringe for a nose

What J&J Can Still Teach Us

Katherine J. Wu

December 1, 2021

a vaccine syringe whose body is made up of chain links

The New Pandemic Division Tearing Europe Apart

November 20, 2021

Three police officers patrol through a Christmas market to monitor compliance with the lockdown.

The Atlantic Daily: Biden’s Plan to Get His Party Out of This Mess

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 8, 2021

A white envelope with a red Atlantic "A" on a red background

COVID-Vaccine Mandates for Kids Are Coming

Rachel Gutman-Wei

November 5, 2021

A kid's shoulder, with a Band-Aid, after a shot

The Atlantic Daily: Good News for Trumpism, Bad News for Trump

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 3, 2021

You’re Boosted! Now What?

Katherine J. Wu

November 3, 2021

masked people in a bus terminal

It’s Time to Contemplate the End of the Crisis

November 3, 2021

Young girl running through a field of white flags

Why Are We Microdosing Vaccines for Kids?

Katherine J. Wu

November 2, 2021

A row of children in face masks