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Epidemics and Pandemics

Why America Scrapped Its Pandemic Travel Bans

September 22, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: Let's Circle Back on That

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 21, 2021

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Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Really Is

September 21, 2021

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‘Post-Vax COVID’ Is a New Disease

Katherine J. Wu

September 21, 2021

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Not Every Question Has a Scientific Answer

September 21, 2021

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Hard Work Isn’t the Point of the Office

September 21, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: A Guide to Thinking About COVID-19 This Fall

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 20, 2021

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Six Rules That Will Define Our Second Pandemic Winter

Katherine J. Wu, Ed Yong, and Sarah Zhang

September 20, 2021

A green coronavirus runs haywire from the tip of a vaccine needle.

Another Truth About Remote Work

September 20, 2021

A person works from home at a desk.

The Danger of Treating Everything as an Emergency

Conor Friedersdorf

September 19, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: What to Make of the Latest Booster-Shot Recommendation

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 17, 2021

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Parents Are Lying to Get Their Little Kids Vaccinated

September 17, 2021

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Sorry, a Coronavirus Infection Might Not Be Enough to Protect You

Katherine J. Wu

September 16, 2021

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

Stop Calling It a ‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’

September 16, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: A New Phase of Pandemic Uncertainty

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 15, 2021

Theranos and COVID-19 Testing Are Mirror-Image Cautionary Tales

September 15, 2021

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Parents of America, Unite!

September 15, 2021

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The Atlantic Daily: How to Make Sense of COVID Data in the Delta Era

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 14, 2021

Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning

September 13, 2021

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The World Needs a Pandemic Plan B

September 13, 2021

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‘What If the Thing You’re Waiting for Never Arrives?’

September 12, 2021

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A Second Major Seasonal Virus Won’t Leave Us Any Choice

September 12, 2021

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When ‘Talk to Your Doctor’ Goes So, So Wrong

September 10, 2021

A doctor fills out a vaccination card

The Atlantic Daily: The Fight Over Pandemic Mandates Is Different Now

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 8, 2021

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How Delta Beat Biden

September 8, 2021

President Joe Biden departs after speaking about COVID-19 at the White House complex on August 23

Why the ACLU Flip-Flopped on Vaccine Mandates

September 8, 2021

The Statue of Liberty, her crown's spikes replaced with syringes

The Atlantic Daily: Kids Are In For Another Messy School Year

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 7, 2021

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The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once

September 7, 2021

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Classroom Time Isn’t the Only Thing Students Have Lost

September 7, 2021

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The Atlantic Interview

Fired After Getting Vaccinated—And Encouraging Others to Do So

September 5, 2021

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We’ve Never Protected the Vulnerable

Aaron E. Carroll

September 5, 2021

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No One Really Knows How Many Indians Die Each Year

Disha Shetty and Undark

September 4, 2021

Two men stand in front of 560 urns containing the ashes of Indians who died of COVID-19

The Masks Were Working All Along

September 4, 2021

A photograph of a mask-wearing woman carrying a child.

The Atlantic Daily: Is Waning Immunity Actually a Crisis?

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 3, 2021

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What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity

Katherine J. Wu

September 3, 2021

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The Coming Wave of Evictions Is More Than a Housing Crisis

September 3, 2021

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