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If the Lab-Leak Theory Is Right, What’s Next?

May 26, 2021

An illustration of a collection of test tube vials in a question-mark shape

America’s Entire Understanding of the Pandemic Was Shaped by Messy Data

Kara Schechtman and Sara Simon

May 25, 2021

An illustration of red and green bar-graph lines

The CDC Can’t Tell You What You Want

Jordan Ellenberg

May 25, 2021

Cheering, unmasked fans on one side and a lonely masked fan on the other.

A Clue to Why the 1918 Pandemic Came Back Stronger Than Before

May 24, 2021

A historical photo of a flu hospital; rows of white-sheet partitions separate patients, and masked people stand in the corridors between them.

COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Are Looking Beyond the Spike Protein

Katherine J. Wu

May 21, 2021

a scan of a coronavirus particle

The Texas Mask Mystery

May 21, 2021

An illustration of a mask with a hole in the middle shaped like Texas

What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale

May 20, 2021

A woman's face with a piece broken off it is blown away in red and blue winds

Excuse Me If I’m Not Ready to Unmask

May 19, 2021

A disposable face mask

The Pro-Trump Culture War on American Scientists

May 18, 2021

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The CDC’s Big Mask Surprise Came Out of Nowhere

May 14, 2021

A man wearing a mask walking through Times Square

American Kids Can Wait

Tracy Beth Høeg, Vinay Prasad, and Monica Gandhi

May 12, 2021

An illustration of vaccine needles pointing at a globe.

The Lost Month That Haunts the World

May 12, 2021

Cots lined up in a room

I Tell My Patients Not to Mask Their Kids Outside

May 12, 2021

A child wearing a mask

The Doctors Who Bet Their Patients’ Lives on COVID-19 Test Results

May 11, 2021

Chest X-ray with lungs highlighted

COVID-19 Lays Bare the Price of Populism

May 9, 2021

Crowd holding crosses at a protest

Social Distance

Podcast: Long-COVID Questions Answered

May 6, 2021

A doctor treating long-COVID patients walks down a hallway

Scientific Publishing Is a Joke

May 6, 2021

A scientist holds two beakers; computer-file icons obscure and explode from his head.

6 Questions for the Boss Who Wants You Back in Your Cubicle

Rachel Gutman-Wei

May 3, 2021

A woman walks through an office's revolving door next to a mirrored wall.

Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines. What Are They Thinking?

May 3, 2021

An illustration of a vaccine needle and the word “No.”

Germany’s Anti-vaccination History Is Riddled With Anti-Semitism

May 2, 2021

German painting from the plague and scenes from a protest arranged as a flag

We Still Don’t Know Who the Coronavirus’s Victims Were

May 2, 2021

A pile of belongings on a city street, below a poster saying "This is where health executives are made"

Indian Americans Don’t Know What to Feel Right Now

May 1, 2021

An illustration of an Indian woman with criss-crossing graph lines

A Year Without Germs

April 30, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: The Fear That Shapes Joe Biden’s Agenda

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 29, 2021

Red 'A' on an envelope

Post-vaccination Inertia Is Real

Katherine J. Wu

April 29, 2021

Newton's cradle with vaccine vials

Don’t Wait for Herd Immunity

Juliette Kayyem

April 29, 2021

An illustration of green clusters on a red background

Not Everything Should Be a Moral Reckoning

Conor Friedersdorf

April 28, 2021

The Pandemic Made Her Sick, Even Before She Caught COVID-19

Katherine J. Wu

April 27, 2021

a young girl's eye

It’s Not Vaccine Hesitancy. It’s COVID-19 Denialism.

David A. Graham

April 27, 2021

An ostrich sticking its head into a coronavirus-shaped hole

One Vaccine to Rule Them All

April 26, 2021

A syringe at the center of a golden starburst

The King of AIDS Treatments Is Turning to COVID-19

April 23, 2021

John James sits at a computer in the 80s

Show Your Immune System Some Love

Katherine J. Wu

April 22, 2021

art signifying that antibodies should "talk to the hand": a hand is in the center, surrounded by Y-shaped antibody molecules

The Atlantic Daily: Vaccinated Parents Aren’t Home Free

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 21, 2021

Red 'A' on envelope

We Are Turning COVID-19 Into a Young Person’s Disease

April 21, 2021

Illustration of kids climbing a fence made of vaccine vials

The Atlantic Daily: Americans Need an Off-Ramp to the Post-pandemic World

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 19, 2021

A red 'A' on an envelope

Are Outdoor Mask Mandates Still Necessary?

April 19, 2021

Illustration of a person who has a tree for a face wearing a mask.