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April 4, 2023
Kaya Genç
Orhan Pamuk Turns an Outbreak Into a Revolution
“Nights of Plague” is the story of an epidemic entwined with nationalism, unrest, and reaction.
February 2, 2021
Magazine
Alexander Zaitchik
The Forever Disease: How Covid-19 Became a Chronic Condition
Thousands of people have been suffering a slew of crazy postinfection syndromes for months—and there’s no end in sight.
April 2, 2020
Melody Schreiber
The Next Pandemic Could Be Hiding in the Arctic Permafrost
Global warming could unearth ancient microbes. Will we be as unprepared as we were for the coronavirus?
March 27, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Darling, Let’s Do Coronavirus in the Hamptons This Year
The rich continue their tradition of escapist virtue signaling.
March 25, 2020
Mary Annaïse Heglar
What Climate Grief Taught Me About the Coronavirus
How to find humanity amid an ever-present dread
March 23, 2020
Libby Watson
Coronavirus in a Time of Conspicuous Consumption
For the affluent, painful restrictions could be an opportunity to reorient toward more climate-friendly ways of living.
March 16, 2020
Melody Schreiber
The Risky Race for a Quick Coronavirus Vaccine
After bungling containment, the Trump administration hopes for a fast-tracked fix. But compressing trials comes with its own hazards.
January 29, 2020
Melody Schreiber
A Better Way to Stop Coronaviruses
The latest outbreak has prompted calls to ban wild meat, but that won't address a deeper social problem.
August 8, 2019
Katharine Walter
Ebola Outbreaks Are About Inequality
The deadly disease is a security threat only because it's neglected as a social justice issue.
October 13, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
A Senator Tweeted My Ebola Story. Then Things Got Ugly.
October 10, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
A GOP Senator Objects to Emergency Ebola Funding Because It 'Focuses on Africa'
October 1, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Airport Screening Would Not Have Stopped Ebola at the U.S. Border
Asymptomatic patients make the virus tough to detect
September 18, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Why the U.S. Army Is Our Best Weapon Against Ebola Now
August 13, 2014
Armand Sprecher
I'm an Ebola Doctor Working in Liberia. Giving Every Patient That Rare Serum Doesn't Make Sense.
August 11, 2014
Howard Markel
How Scary Is This Ebola Outbreak?
An expert on epidemics answers your questions
August 6, 2014
Malcolm Gladwell
The First American Ebola Outbreak
The unscientific origins of our obsession with viruses
June 26, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Here Is Where You Will Find HIV
Maps are the newest weapon for fighting the epidemic
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