First Opinion By Jonathan Cushing Is the Sputnik V vaccine too good to be true? Without the data, it’s hard to know
First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett Listen: Danielle Ofri on Covid surges and her ‘postmortem folder’
Health Tech By Katie Palmer A new tool tracks health disparities in the U.S. — and highlights major data gaps
First Opinion By Gagan K. Thapa and Duncan Maru In ‘vaccine apartheid,’ Nepal is ground zero. It needs U.S. help
Health By Lauran Neergaard — Associated Press Moderna says its Covid-19 shot works in kids as young as 12
First Opinion By Jennifer Breen Feist and Corey Feist Congress needs to pass the Dr. Lorna Breen act to support U.S. health care workers
Health By Rebecca Ostriker and Andrea Estes — The Boston Globe The inside story of a Covid-19 outbreak that killed 76 veterans at a Massachusetts senior-care center
The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell, and Adam Feuerstein Listen: Biotech meme stocks, the lessons of Spanish Flu, & becoming a pandemic celebrity
First Opinion By Parsa Erfani, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Vanessa Kerry Beyond a symbolic gesture: What’s needed to turn the IP waiver into Covid-19 vaccines
First Opinion By Andy Plump Luck is not a strategy: The world needs to start preparing now for the next pandemic
Health By Helen Branswell CDC veteran Anne Schuchat to resign in second high-level departure from agency
Health By Helen Branswell Sanofi, GSK announce positive early results for their Covid-19 vaccine candidate
First Opinion By David Malebranche My Covid scars need time to heal. Going maskless and getting back to ‘normal’ will take me a while
Health By Megan Molteni Mask mandates might be going away, but don’t ditch yours just yet, scientists caution
First Opinion By Todd S. Purdum What do we do with the masks now? Be grateful for them — and for science
Health By Andrew Joseph 5 pressing questions about the New York Yankees’ breakthrough Covid-19 infections
First Opinion By John Mandrola, Andrew Foy, and Vinay Prasad Setting the record straight: There is no ‘Covid heart’
Health By Elizabeth Cooney ‘It’s not over yet’: Uncertain protection from Covid vaccines leaves cancer patients in limbo
The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell, and Adam Feuerstein Listen: Lessons from a botched pandemic response, CDC sluggishness, & the future of health tech
Health By Andrew Joseph Vaccines seem to work well against coronavirus variants. It’s also complicated
Health By Helen Branswell CDC advisory group gives green light to Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for adolescents
First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett Listen: A veteran health reporter on the brutality of India’s Covid-19 crisis
Health By Helen Branswell Covid pandemic should serve as ‘Chernobyl moment’ for global health reform, international experts say
First Opinion By Danielle Ofri My ‘postmortem’ folder and the intensely personal nature of the latest Covid-19 surge
Politics By Rachel Cohrs and Casey Ross Telehealth companies are fueling a lobbying frenzy to protect their Covid boom
Health Tech By Olivia Goldhill Amazon, Salesforce execs weigh in on how tech can help with Covid — and how it can’t
