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Omicron Will Overwhelm America’s Emergency Rooms

December 21, 2021

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The COVID Externalities Have Changed

December 21, 2021

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Sports Leagues Are Showing Us Just How Bad Omicron Could Get

December 20, 2021

Football helmets and coronavirus particles

The Atlantic Daily: What Rapid Tests Miss

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

December 20, 2021

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How Long Does Omicron Take to Make You Sick?

Katherine J. Wu

December 20, 2021

Coronavirus particles with swabs protruding out

We Know Enough About Omicron to Know That We’re in Trouble

December 17, 2021

Photo of people waiting in line at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square, New York

Late Stage Covid

December 17, 2021

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‘No, Like, Everyone Has COVID Right Now’

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 17, 2021

New York City's Empire State Building, with a coronavirus-shaped sun behind it

I Canceled My Birthday Party Because of Omicron

December 17, 2021

Virus particles appear in a plume of smoke coming out of a birthday candle.

The Death Toll Says It All

Céline Gounder

December 16, 2021

A woman mourns over a casket at a funeral of a victim of COVID-19.

The Case for Industrial Food

Conor Friedersdorf

December 15, 2021

Farmers work in a dome-shaped hydroponic lettuce factory.

Don’t Be Surprised When You Get Omicron

December 15, 2021

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A Guide to Mixed-Vaccination-Status Holidays

Lora Strum and Rachel Gutman-Wei

December 15, 2021

A black-and-white photo of a family sitting down for a holiday dinner, overlaid with red coronavirus particles

I’m Starting to Give Up on Post-pandemic Life

December 14, 2021

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800,000 Deaths

December 14, 2021

People visit the 'In America: Remember' public art installation near the Washington Monument in September 2021. The installation commemorates all the Americans who have died from COVID-19. It includes more than 650,000 small plastic flags.

T Cells Might Be Our Bodies’ Best Shot Against Omicron

Katherine J. Wu

December 14, 2021

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Where I Live, No One Cares About COVID

Matthew Walther

December 13, 2021

Signs requiring face masks and COVID-19 protocols on a restaurant window in Plymouth, Michigan

Gen Z Is Done With the Pandemic

December 13, 2021

Young people dancing at Trans-Pecos, an all-ages venue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

COVID Has Broken the Economy

December 10, 2021

A man sitting at a cubicle among many boxes

Omicron’s Explosive Growth Is a Warning Sign

December 8, 2021

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Omicron Has Created a Whole New Booster Logic

Katherine J. Wu

December 8, 2021

Bottles of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Why Are We Still Isolating Vaccinated People for 10 Days?

Katherine J. Wu

December 7, 2021

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We’re Not at Endemicity Yet

December 6, 2021

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Will This Pandemic Ever Be Over?

Molly Jong-Fast

December 3, 2021

Omicron Won’t Ruin Your Booster

Katherine J. Wu

December 2, 2021

a Pfizer vaccine vial

We Opened the Schools and ... It Was Fine

Aaron E. Carroll

December 2, 2021

Illustration of a keyhole showing a kid walking down a path to school.

Omicron’s Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios

Rachel Gutman-Wei

December 1, 2021

An empty airport in Japan after travel was restricted because of the Omicron variant

The Omicron Information Vacuum

November 29, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: What We Know About the Omicron Variant

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 29, 2021

A black and white photo of travelers with suitcases wearing masks

COVID Parenting Is Reaching a Breaking Point

November 29, 2021

Four colorful coronaviruses, each enclosed in a conversation bubble

The New COVID Drugs Are a Bigger Deal Than People Realize

November 29, 2021

A nurse takes care of a COVID patient who is lying on his stomach in a hospital bed.

We Know Almost Nothing About the Omicron Variant

Katherine J. Wu

November 27, 2021

A gloved hand places a nasal swab in liquid to test for COVID-19

The Pandemic Is Ending With a Whimper

Juliette Kayyem

November 24, 2021

Artwork of the coronavirus divided into red- and blue-shaded halves

America’s Pandemic Star Loses Some Luster

November 24, 2021

Children splash in a fountain in Burlington, Vermont.

The Lab-Leak Theory Meets Its Perfect Match

November 24, 2021

Artwork of a green coronavirus particle inside a block of ice

The Atlantic Daily: Our Future With COVID

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 23, 2021

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