The Dos and Don’ts of ‘Social Distancing’
Experts weigh in on whether you should cancel your dates, dinner parties, and gym sessions.
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Ruby Aitken Deep Clean, Then Clean Again
What exactly does it mean when schools and businesses close to “deep clean” because of the coronavirus?
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The Atlantic How You Should Get Food During the Pandemic
The coronavirus makes an age-old dilemma much more fraught: Order in, or cook at home?
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Emanuele Cremaschi / Getty / Katie Martin / ... The 4 Key Reasons the U.S. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing
Bureaucracy, equipment shortages, an unwillingness to share, and failed leadership doomed the American response to COVID-19.
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fpm / mikroman6 / Getty / Katie Martin ... What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus
The Atlantic’s guide to navigating a global pandemic
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Coronavirus Customer-Service Crisis
When the public panics, service workers are the first to deal with it.
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Anton Starikov / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / ... The Hand-Sanitizer Hawkers Aren’t Sorry
On Craigslist, you can find Purell for 10 times its normal price.
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U.S. Navy What Will You Do If You Start Coughing?
“Stay home” is not a sufficient plan.
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DigitalVision / Getty / MBLifestyle / Shutterstock / ... A Very Unwelcome Wedding Guest
Wedding planning is now even more stressful thanks to the coronavirus.
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The Voices of the Loneliness Epidemic
Young people from across the U.K. leave anonymous voicemails for the minister for loneliness.
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Martin Bergsma / shutterstock / Getty / The ... The Dangerous Delays in U.S. Coronavirus Testing Haven’t Stopped
Without adequate testing, people with coronavirus symptoms are left to agonize over the right course of action on their own.
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Carlotta Manaigo Reiki Can’t Possibly Work. So Why Does It?
The energy therapy is now available in many hospitals. What its ascendance says about shifts in how American patients and doctors think about health care.
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Getty / The Atlantic Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing
“I don’t know what went wrong,” a former CDC chief told The Atlantic.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic You Already Live in Quarantine
Being holed up at home has never been more pleasant.
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Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters Here’s Who Should Be Avoiding Crowds Right Now
Canceling major public events is wise, but most Americans need not stay away from crowds or airplanes.
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David Smart / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / ... What You Can Do Right Now About the Coronavirus
Preventing the spread of an outbreak requires a massive global effort, but here are steps everyone can take.
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Martin Lisner / Shutterstock / The Atlantic How to Think About the Plummeting Stock Market
No one knows exactly how much damage the coronavirus will do to the global economy, but investors have to guess.
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Robert Nickelsberg / Getty The Problem With Telling Sick Workers to Stay Home
Even with the coronavirus spreading, lax labor laws and little sick leave mean that many people can’t afford to skip work.
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David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty / ... The Gig Economy Has Never Been Tested by a Pandemic
Companies such as Uber and Instacart have transformed the urban experience, but would they hold up if the coronavirus spread across America?
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Spencer Platt / Getty The Opioid Epidemic Might Be Much Worse Than We Thought
A new paper suggests that death certificates dramatically undercounted the number of people dying from opioid overdoses.
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stilllifephotographer / Claudia Totir / Getty / Katie ... A Bold and Controversial Idea for Making Breast Milk
The obsession with breastfeeding has inspired a start-up to make human milk outside the human body.
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