The emergency use authorization will make plasma and immunology research much harder—not ideal during a pandemic.

A majority of the president’s base believes the coronavirus death toll is acceptable. What more needs to be said at this week’s convention?

The race for a cure has put a spotlight on corporate control over medical research. Under a Democratic administration, it doesn’t have to be that way.

Too bad they don’t see similar urgency in the millions of unemployed Americans who face another week without $600 in assistance.

The secretary of education wants religious schools to flourish at the public system’s expense; and she’s doing it under the cover of the coronavirus crisis.

Covid-19 and the limits of individual liberty

Platform vaccines for the coronavirus will take longer than the president thinks. But if we invest now, they could prevent pandemics in the future.

How the Covid lockdown is reconfiguring the nexus of getting and spending

America is putting an awful lot of trust in a pharmaceutical industry that hasn’t earned it.

The idea that Cain’s death shouldn't be politicized is absurd—and impossible.

In the face of compounding crises, tenants and housing organizers see an opportunity to pry open the real estate industry’s grip on our cities.

The “war on coronavirus” is lost. It's time for new pandemic metaphors—and a radically new culture of care.

“Any gains we made in funding for health departments, syringe exchanges, naloxone distribution—it’s all at risk.”

The Miami Marlins are dealing with a Covid-19 outbreak, and the NBA is flirting with disaster in its “bubble.” What did team owners think would happen?

Teachers, bus drivers, health aides, and other school workers are organizing against a culture that is trying to feed them into the jaws of the pandemic.

Millions of people are in danger of losing a benefit that has kept their heads above water. These are some of their stories.

Masks are important. But there are a lot of indoor risks that recent mask mandates don’t address.

A deep dive into what the research says about the question on every parent’s mind

From the 1918 Spanish flu to Covid-19, broken treaties have been the foundation of health crises among Native people.

They wanted to see their grandchildren, despite the risk of catching the coronavirus. I couldn’t say no.