Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Denis Balibouse / Reuters / The Atlantic Podcast: Share the Vaccine ‘Recipe’
What difference could it make worldwide if the U.S. waived patents for vaccines?
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Sebastian König There’s a Perfect Number of Days to Work From Home, and It’s 2
The best job perk is self-determination.
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The Atlantic / Flavio Coelho / Getty The J&J Rescue Mission Starts With a Choice
The reputation of all COVID-19 vaccines hinges on improving perceptions of the Johnson & Johnson shot.
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Michael Sohn / AP / The Atlantic Podcast: Long-COVID Questions Answered
A long-COVID patient and an immunologist help us understand the mysterious condition.
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Ed Kashi / VII / Redux 6 Questions for the Boss Who Wants You Back in Your Cubicle
Here’s how to find out if your workplace’s return-to-office plans are actually safe.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic A Year Without Germs
Months of exuberant hand-sanitizing and social isolation during the pandemic have changed our exposure to microbes, in ways good and bad.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty The Hot-Person Vaccine
The internet has decided that Pfizer is significantly cooler than Moderna—but why?
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Danish Siddiqui / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: The Consequences of Vaccine Nationalism
“One country’s crisis is every country’s crisis.”
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Post-vaccination Inertia Is Real
Readjusting our ideas about what’s safe is going to take time.
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Getty Images The Pandemic Made Her Sick, Even Before She Caught COVID-19
Headaches, eye pain, nausea—her symptoms began last spring. No one knows exactly why, except that the pandemic is to blame.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic One Vaccine to Rule Them All
What if a single vaccine could protect us against SARS, MERS, COVID-19, and every other coronavirus-related disease, forever and ever?
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Podcast: When Can I Take Off My Mask?
The rules need to change after vaccination. But carefully.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic Show Your Immune System Some Love
Antibodies are great and all, but macrophages, B cells, and helper T cells deserve some attention too.
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Gueorgui Pinkhassov / Magnum photos The Suicide Wave That Never Was
The notion that lockdowns increased the rate of death by suicide last year has become common knowledge. It’s not backed up by data.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Danger of a ‘Dudes Only’ Vaccine
We still don’t know who’s most at risk of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine blood clots.
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The Blood-Clot Problem Is Multiplying
So are theories to explain it.
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Jessica Hill / AP / The Atlantic Podcast: How Much Should You Really Worry About the Vaccine-Blood-Clot News?
What the “pause” in Johnson & Johnson vaccinations means
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Bonnie Jo Mount / Getty America Has Pandemic Senioritis
Being so close (and yet so far) is a stress all its own.
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Angus R. Shamal / Gallerystock COVID-19 Vaccines Are Entering Uncharted Immune Territory
Some people’s bodies aren’t set up for vaccines.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The mRNA Vaccines Are Looking Better and Better
Concerns about blood clots with Johnson & Johnson underscore just how lucky Americans are to have the Pfizer and Moderna shots.
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