Medical Dispatch
It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19
Vaccines are making progress, but they may not defeat the virus completely. Luckily, other therapies are on the way, too.
September 8, 2020
We Can Solve the Coronavirus-Test Mess Now—If We Want To
The key to taming the pandemic will be both a new commitment to “assurance testing” and a new vision of what public health really means.
September 2, 2020
The Complicated Ethics of Keeping a COVID-19 Patient Breathing
Normally, a tracheostomy is a straightforward and uncontroversial procedure. During the pandemic, the question of whom to trach, and when, has presented doctors with one of their most difficult decisions.
August 22, 2020
America’s Coronavirus Endurance Test
To defeat the virus, we will have to start thinking in years, not months.
August 6, 2020
Fighting the Coronavirus, from New York to Utah
They volunteered during the New York City surge—then returned home to watch the virus come to them.
August 2, 2020
America’s Looming Primary-Care Crisis
The pandemic could put thousands of doctors out of business. Saving them may require changing how the health-care system works.
July 25, 2020
The Long Game of Coronavirus Research
Warp-speed vaccine trials grab our attention, but more deliberate work is just as urgent.
July 23, 2020
Three Ways of Looking at Children and the Coronavirus
Parents don’t want a pediatrician’s prudence—they want my blessing. They want me to say that their child is safe.
July 22, 2020
To Fight the Coronavirus, You Need an Army
In responding to COVID-19, doctors in Houston are discovering that their most precious resource is people.
July 17, 2020
The Emotional Evolution of Coronavirus Doctors and Patients
For many, initial concerns about equipment and recovery have been replaced with the recognition that the fight is not a momentary disruption but a new way of life.
July 7, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic’s Wider Health-Care Crisis
COVID-19 has disrupted patient care and hospital finances—and the problems could deepen as the disease spreads.
June 29, 2020
The Coronavirus Surge That Texas Could Have Seen Coming
In the weeks leading up to the state’s reopening, there were plenty of signs, but not the will to read them.
June 25, 2020
How the Protests Have Changed the Pandemic
Mass demonstrations in all fifty states have upended reopening timetables and altered the meaning of the antiviral fight.
June 4, 2020
The Risks of Normalizing the Coronavirus
What do we lose when we become numb to mass death?
May 27, 2020
The Coronavirus Vaccine Is on Track to Be the Fastest Ever Developed
Pending the results of a Phase III efficacy trial this summer, a vaccine produced by the biotech company Moderna could be ready for approval as soon as the fall.
May 22, 2020
Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, a Regimen for Reëntry
A four-part strategy of hygiene, distancing, screening, and masks will not return us to normal life. But, when signs indicate that the virus is under control, it could get people out of their homes and moving again.
May 13, 2020
The Medical Students Who Joined the Battle Against the Coronavirus
At N.Y.U. and elsewhere, young doctors graduated early to work in overwhelmed hospitals. But the pandemic has made their training more complicated, and more perilous.
May 6, 2020
The Essential Workers Filling New York’s Coronavirus Wards
Social distancing has been working—except for those who can’t keep their distance.
May 1, 2020
What We Don’t Know About the Coronavirus
Respiratory symptoms may be the hallmark of COVID-19, but the disease is affecting patients in other ways that we still don’t understand.
April 29, 2020
The Challenges of Post-COVID-19 Care
Surviving a severe coronavirus infection is hard. So is recovering afterward.
April 23, 2020
