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Epidemics and Pandemics

The Anti-vaccine Con Job Is Becoming Untenable

Brooke Harrington

August 1, 2021

Illustration of a mask with a vaccine needle.

The Atlantic Daily: The Delta Whiplash Is Here

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 30, 2021

Red 'A' on an envelope

‘Why Are We Not Vaccinating Children Under 12?’

Adrienne LaFrance

July 30, 2021

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Time for Covidnomics

July 30, 2021

An illustration of a green coronavirus nestled inside a supermarket cart

How Did It Come to This?

Katherine J. Wu

July 30, 2021

a map of the country's coronavirus status on July 27, 2021

Delta Is Ruining the Summer, and It’s Anti-vaxxers’ Fault

David A. Graham

July 30, 2021

A vaccine bottle in red and blue

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July 29, 2021

Vaccines Are Great. Masks Make Them Even Better.

Katherine J. Wu

July 28, 2021

a masked person prepares to receive a COVID-19 vaccine

The Atlantic Daily: How to Process the New CDC Mask Guidelines

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 27, 2021

Masked individuals in Los Angeles

Why Isn’t the Military Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines?

July 27, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: Unvaccinated Is Different From Anti-Vax

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 26, 2021

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Your Vaccinated Immune System Is Ready for Breakthroughs

Katherine J. Wu

July 26, 2021

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Vaccinated America Has Had Enough

July 23, 2021

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4 Reasons I’m Wearing a Mask Again

Katherine J. Wu

July 22, 2021

visitors in face masks at the Aquarium of the Pacific in July 2021

The Threat of an Unvaccinated South

July 22, 2021

Medical workers prepare to vaccinate people at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

America Is Getting Unvaccinated People All Wrong

July 22, 2021

A graphic showing a variety of people next to a vaccine vial, which has a question mark on it

The Atlantic Daily: Delta Is Thriving on America’s Immunity Gap

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 21, 2021

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Two Ways to Think About the New Mask Debate

July 21, 2021

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We’re Zeroing In On the ‘Holy Grail’ of COVID-19 Immunity

Katherine J. Wu

July 21, 2021

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Institutional Authority Has Vanished. Wikipedia Points to the Answer.

July 21, 2021

Suddenly, Conservatives Care About Vaccines

David A. Graham

July 20, 2021

Graphic of a Republican elephant holding up a syringe with its trunk

The Atlantic Daily: How to Think About Your COVID-19 Risk, Post-vaccination

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 20, 2021

A health-care worker places a Band-Aid on a patient.

Vaccination in America Might Have Only One Tragic Path Forward

July 20, 2021

An animated line of vaccine shots, with their back handles rising like an upward-sloping graph

Biden’s Spaghetti-at-the-Wall Vaccine Campaign

July 16, 2021

President Biden's face, on a hot-pink background, is superimposed with dozens of teal syringes.

COVID-19’s Effects on Kids Are Even Stranger Than We Thought

July 15, 2021

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We Could Have Changed the World

July 14, 2021

Sunlight reflects on the water across from the Statue of Liberty

An Archivist Sneezes on a Priceless Document. Then What?

Olivia Campbell

July 13, 2021

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Post-vaccination Infections Come in 2 Different Flavors

Katherine J. Wu

July 13, 2021

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Doctors Might Have Been Focusing on the Wrong Asthma Triggers

July 9, 2021

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The Friendship Files

It’s Hard to Make Friends When You Move to a New Town

July 9, 2021

An illustration of two women walking in the woods. A ray of sunshine forms a spotlight; they're standing in it, talking to each other.

The Atlantic Daily: Another Coronavirus Bump Might Be Inevitable

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 8, 2021

On June 16, 2021, the critical-care nurse Emily Boucher, who works in the intensive-care unit at Johnston Memorial Hospital, in Abingdon, Virginia, takes care of Hannah Church, a 25-year-old who was first diagnosed with the coronavirus on May 30.

The Atlantic Daily: America’s Vaccination Campaign Is Not Over

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 6, 2021

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The Pandemic Did Not Affect Mental Health the Way You Think

Lara Aknin, Jamil Zaki, and Elizabeth Dunn

July 4, 2021

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America’s Vaccine Future Is Fragmenting

July 3, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: Time to Get Awkward

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 2, 2021

Watermelon and hot dogs in the shape of a person shrugging

3 Rules for Politeness During a Confusing Social Transition

July 2, 2021

A man holding a face mask and a woman reach to shake hands