Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Ben Birchall / PA Images / Getty Don’t Worry, It’s Not COVID
Some tips for how to be a good sick person in the COVID era, whatever is ailing you
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Alisha Jucevic / The New York Times / … This Fall Will Be a Vaccination Reboot
For the first time, COVID vaccines are getting an update in the U.S. But Americans still need to be persuaded to take them.
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The Atlantic America Is Sliding Into the Long Pandemic Defeat
In the face of government inaction, the country’s best chance at keeping the crisis from spiraling relies on everyone to keep caring.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Squirrels Could Make Monkeypox a Forever Problem
If the virus finds a new animal host, it could settle in for the long run—and cause more outbreaks in the future.
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Getty; The Atlantic A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless
A string of negatives can still presage a clear-as-day positive.
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The Atlantic Vaccines for the Littlest Kids Have Already Flopped
COVID vaccines for infants and toddlers are stalling and stumbling even before they’ve left the gate.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Don’t Wait to Get Your Kid Vaccinated
Kids are at risk of severe COVID outcomes—and immunity from infection isn’t enough.
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Aly Song / Reuters The End of Shanghai’s Two-Month COVID Lockdown
Images from the past few weeks of lockdown, and early signs of Shanghai’s reopening
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Getty; The Atlantic An ER Doctor’s ‘Third Way’ Approach to the Gun Crisis
Why violence demands not just policy solutions, but public-health ones
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Getty; The Atlantic Vaccines Are Still Mostly Blocking Severe Disease
Our original-recipe shots are holding up against new variants. But we may need to improve them, and soon.
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The Atlantic So, Have You Heard About Monkeypox?
A new viral outbreak is testing whether the world has learned anything from COVID.
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Victor J. Blue / The New York Times … What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing
As COVID numbers tick up, hospitals are supposed to be ready to jump in as needed. Only, they never really had a reprieve.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty The U.S. Is About to Make a Big Gamble on Our Next COVID Winter
Experts are expected to choose a vaccine recipe for the fall, when Omicron may or may not still be the globe’s dominant variant.
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Evan Agostini / Invision / AP Can Anyone Out-Plan a Pandemic?
Bill Gates has a strategy to save the world from the next infectious threat. He’s not the first.
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Getty; Shuran Huang / The New York Times … The Promising Treatment for Long COVID We’re Not Even Trying
Early anecdotes about Paxlovid’s effects on long COVID are intriguing, but no one’s testing them in clinical trials yet.
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Lambert / Getty; The Atlantic Paxlovid Mouth Is Real—And Gross
“I imagine this is what grapefruit juice mixed with soap would taste like.”
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Getty ; The Atlantic ‘Better Than Omicron’ Is Still Pretty Bad
Compared with what the U.S. saw in January, the current rise in cases so far looks pretty chill. Is it, though?
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The Atlantic America Is Starting to See What COVID Immunity Really Looks Like
With time and effort, we can build enough protection to blunt surges—but herd immunity remains out of reach.
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Nina Westervelt / Bloomberg / Getty Have We Already Ruined Our Next COVID Summer?
A lot has changed since last year’s pre-Delta lull, but America can still reclaim some coronavirus-free chill—if it decides to commit.
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Two Long Years
Your pandemic reflections
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