The Case for Letting Go of Pandemic Shaming (Even Now)

I don’t agree with Farhad Manjoo’s conclusion…

Anthony Fauci’s Thoughts on Covid-19 Transmission, Treatments, and Vaccines

A few key takeaways from…

More Proof That Masks Work

“Not even the best-prepared hospital can compensate for an unchecked pandemic.”

Ed Yong’s latest piece for The Atlantic looks at how hospitals—even those that are well prepared—are concerned over the rise in Covid-19 cases. Throughout the pandemic, hospitalizations have…

Your Weekly Covid-19 Vaccine Update: Pfizer Takes the Lead

Everything that happened in the race to…

What Hundreds of Epidemiologists Are Doing for Thanksgiving

The New York Times spoke to over 600 public health experts about how they are approaching the upcoming holiday. Most are staying home and those who are gathering are taking precautions or rethinking holiday rituals.

A Really Great Interview with Dr. Fauci

It will come as no surprise that the Blog team is a fan of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The New York Times recently published a helpful and…

“The tasks that lie ahead — manufacturing vaccines at scale, distributing them via a cold or even ultracold chain, and persuading wary Americans to take them — are not trivial, but they are all within the realm of human…

How the U.S. Failed on Covid-19

Harvard social epidemiologist Nancy Krieger spoke to Elemental about the country’s bungling of the pandemic and what went wrong. Krieger says:

“The United States has phenomenal resources available to some people with regard to biomedical advances…

The Latest: Is this what optimism feels like?

Dear Reader,

I’m disturbed by the rising Covid-19 case numbers and hospitalizations in the U.S. The bungling of Covid-19 is a national shame and tragedy. But hang in there! Because for the first time in a very, very, very…