Covid-19’s stunningly unequal death toll in America, in one chart
One in 1,000 Black Americans has died from Covid-19. For whites, it’s more like 1 in 2,100. Covid-19 has torn through Black America, with the virus taking the lives of...
Experts say Covid-19 cases are likely about to surge
Health care professionals prepare to screen people for the coronavirus at a parking lot in Landover, Maryland, on March 30, 2020. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images America keeps making the same...
What people get wrong about herd immunity, explained by epidemiologists
Once the herd immunity threshold is reached, the virus just doesn’t go away. | Arthobbit via Getty Images There are two ways to reach herd immunity for Covid-19: the slow...
Coronavirus is in the air. Here’s how to get it out.
Christina Animashaun/Vox How to make indoor air safer (but not necessarily safe) during the pandemic. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can float in the air. In particular, it can...
5 things scientists now know about COVID-19 — and 5 they’re still figuring out
A little over six months ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially used the p-word — pandemic — to characterize COVD-19. Since then, our world has changed in countless ways...
The First Major COVID-19 Documentary Is a Brutal Watch
The first minutes of 76 Days are an intrusion into a moment so private it practically begs the viewer to look away: A medical worker in a hazmat suit is...