So far, all available evidence suggests that few Americans were infected in the first weeks of the year. It would be next to impossible to find out who they were.
Ed Yong and Ross Andersen discuss the challenges of reporting on COVID-19, live at 2 p.m. ET today.
At least not yet.
Even in my 6,000-person town, sadness about the pandemic is everywhere. It’s been hard to cope.
What it’s like to live through the pandemic with a cancer diagnosis
And it’s probably going to get worse.
There’s no clear evidence that the pandemic virus has evolved into significantly different forms—and there probably won’t be for months.
Lessons from the front lines of the AIDS epidemic
Then came a pandemic during the presidency of Donald Trump.
The future of jobs after the pandemic is a blurry mix of work, life, pajamas, and Zoom.
Who does the state’s reopening serve?
A user’s guide to the immune system
Even in a pandemic.
Nearly a third of the people we polled believe that the virus was manufactured on purpose. Why?
And other questions from listeners, answered
The state is about to find out how many people need to lose their lives to shore up the economy.
A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend
What the future of your neighborhood storefront means for American cities
Howard Forman, a Yale professor of public health and economics, joins the podcast Social Distance to explain the economics of American health care.
In the fight against malaria, sometimes bed nets and pesticides just aren’t enough.
Doctors and nurses are risking their lives and dying. People are out of work and struggling to make rent. The president of the United States is suggesting injecting disinfectant.