Is It Time to Start Masking Again?
Well, here we are again. After our fleeting brush with normalcy during Omicron’s retreat, another very transmissible new version of...
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America Created Its Own Booster Problems
By this point in the pandemic, the benefits of boosters seem pretty darn clear. Boosters continue the immune system’s education...
The Final Pandemic Betrayal
Photo Illustrations by Aaron TurnerLucy Esparza-Casarez thinks she caught the coronavirus while working the polls during California’s 2020 primary election,...
Why Can’t We Just Call BA.2 Omicron?
When coronavirus variants emerged in full force in late 2020, the news suddenly turned into alphanumeric soup. Remember? The U.K....
Two Long Years
The World Health Organization formally declared the coronavirus a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.More than two years later, the...
Have We Already Ruined Our Next COVID Summer?
Almost exactly 12 months ago, America’s pandemic curve hit a pivot point. Case counts peaked—and then dipped, and dipped, and...
