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Vials in the dark

Health

It may be time to reset expectations on when we’ll get a Covid-19 vaccine

By Helen Branswell

Health

The Covid-19 Tracker

By STAT

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eTrueNorth cv19 testing site

Health

Ashish Jha on Covid-19, pandemic fatigue, and when we’re getting back to normal

By Adam Feuerstein, Meg Tirrell, and Damian Garde

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Road ahead

Special Report

The Road Ahead: Charting the coronavirus pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond

By Andrew Joseph

Germany_throat swab

Health

Positive Covid-19 tests kept a mom and baby apart for 55 days. Experts see it as a bigger testing problem

By Helen Branswell

NEWPORT NEWS Trump rally

First Opinion

Community outbreaks of Covid-19 often emerge after Trump’s campaign rallies

By Zach Nayer

Regeneron

Matt's Take

Antibody drugs seem to work. But the virus is moving faster than we can make them

By Matthew Herper

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20,000 American Flags

Health

Amid pandemic, U.S. has seen 300,000 ‘excess deaths,’ with highest rates among people of color

By Andrew Joseph

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Anthony Fauci - back

Politics

Public trust in CDC, Fauci, and other top health officials is evaporating, poll finds

By Nicholas Florko

Coughing

First Opinion

I have all the symptoms of a Covid-19 long-hauler — but I’m hesitant to identify myself as one

By Pooja Yerramilli

Fair family

Health

A MacArthur ‘genius’ will likely use his grant to support his wife’s work — in the name of science

By Meghana Keshavan

Akiko Iwasaki

Heavyweights

At the top of her field, a Covid-19 researcher fights back against a different kind of virus: sexism and power imbalances in science

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Spice cabinet smell

First Opinion

Going viral: What Covid-19-related loss of smell reveals about how the mind works

By Ann-Sophie Barwich

Microdosing illo

In the Lab

‘Microdosing’ is touted by ’shroomers and Reddit users. Science is starting to test their claims — and finding some truth

By Sharon Begley

Albert Bourla - Pfizer CEO

Health

No news on Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is good news — and bad news

By Matthew Herper

Testing silhouette

Health

Trump said more Covid-19 testing ‘creates more cases.’ We did the math

By Sharon Begley

patient equation patient friction coefficient

First Opinion

‘Patient friction coefficient’ can gauge the burden of participating in a clinical trial

By David Cameron and Murray Aitken

Freedom Preparatory Academy

Health

‘At a breaking point’: New surge of Covid-19 cases has states, hospitals scrambling, yet again

By Andrew Joseph

NY snow & sleet

Health

Covid-19’s wintry mix: As we move indoors, dry air will help the coronavirus spread

By Elizabeth Cooney