Latest COVID-19 Stories
What the 1918 flu pandemic can teach us about COVID-19, in four charts
How you and your family can cope with post-COVID anxiety
Novavax’s COVID vaccine might be key for vaccinating the world
New data shows Wuhan markets were ripe for diseases to jump from animals to people
Did the dip in carbon emissions during the pandemic really help the atmosphere?
Dogs can sniff out COVID faster than PCR tests
Regardless of COVID-19’s origins, experts say it’s time to tighten up biosecurity lab protocols
Why Belgium is limiting the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to adults over 40
Those ‘nature is healing’ memes stem from a problematic take on environmentalism
Low testosterone in men is linked to more severe COVID-19, but we have no idea why
A new Pfizer trial combines a COVID booster and pneumonia vaccine for seniors
Why we get shots in our arms and not in our butts
What the Yankees COVID outbreak means for the rest of us
There are more immunocompromised Americans than we think, and that’s a problem with COVID-19 vaccines
Experts says blood clots from AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine are rare enough to justify its use
How should parents with unvaccinated kids handle the CDC’s new mask guidelines?
The US will send 20 million COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need
Your questions about kids and COVID-19 vaccines, answered
Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks—but there’s a catch
Why no one knows if you can catch COVID-19 twice
One way to slow the spread of COVID-19? Stop talking. Seriously.
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may account for 19 percent of US COVID-19 cases in August
The racial disparities in COVID cases are even more striking than we thought
All the pros—and cons—of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19
One in three young people could face serious symptoms from coronavirus
The US joined the push to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents. Will it actually help?
Kids age 12 to 15 can now get vaccinated in the US
The WHO approved China’s easy-storage Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
This village’s story shows just how unprepared rural India is for the latest COVID surge
Inside the lives of disabled parents during the pandemic
How to tell seasonal allergies from COVID-19 symptoms
The US might never reach herd immunity—here’s why
Pfizer and Moderna are studying their COVID vaccines in kids as young as 6 months
Ask Us Anything: Can viruses be good for us?
If you’re fully vaccinated, you (mostly) don’t need to wear a mask outdoors
The best tips for working from home, from people who do it all the time
Jumping rope is an unbeatable cardio workout—if you do it correctly
The CDC is set to update its outdoor mask guidance
The Wuhan coronavirus has officially hit the US—but don’t panic
The CDC just confirmed a second U.S. case of the Wuhan coronavirus
The timing of the Wuhan coronavirus could be a global-health nightmare
Coronavirus shows our health agencies are ill prepared for fake news
The novel coronavirus finally has a name—two of them, actually
Want to stay healthy? Learn to wash your hands the right way.
A mysterious virus is sickening people in China
How to prepare for a viral outbreak like COVID-19
What COVID-19’s ‘inevitable’ spread in the United States actually means
What the official COVID-19 mortality rate actually means
What pregnant people need to know about COVID-19
Music videos, TikTok, and other creative ways people are fighting COVID-19
The American healthcare system is only making COVID-19 worse
Why COVID-19 can’t beat a good hand-washing
Thirteen science questions about COVID-19 from teens
COVID-19 symptoms typically appear 5 days after infection
COVID-19 has now killed 29 people in the U.S.
How the COVID-19 mask shortage imperils virus research
Eleven soup recipes perfect for freezing and hoarding
Europe is the new epicenter of coronavirus, and the US may be next
13,000 fans moshed at home as a metal band streamed from an empty venue
These charts show who is most vulnerable to COVID-19
How airlines are wrestling with the fallout of COVID-19
The melting Arctic gives scientists valuable access to long-dead viruses
The prejudice stemming from the coronavirus outbreak isn’t new
All the ways you can—and can’t—catch the coronavirus