Pandemics

List of Pandemics articles

Between two sets of skyscrapers looking upwards is an American flag and clouds in a blue sky.
Between two sets of skyscrapers looking upwards is an American flag and clouds in a blue sky.

Cities Are the Canaries in the Public Health Coal Mine

Preparing for the next pandemic starts in their streets and sewers.

A cat (L) is seen inside the hazmat suit sleeve of a health worker taking swab samples from residents in Shanghai on June 6, 2022.
A cat (L) is seen inside the hazmat suit sleeve of a health worker taking swab samples from residents in Shanghai on June 6, 2022.

Blocking a Fair WHO Pandemic Accord Endangers Humanity

Without an equitable agreement, including wealthy nations sharing IP with poorer ones, the world is doomed to repeat its COVID-era mistakes.

A person walks past a mask display at the World Health Expo in Wuhan, China, on April 7, 2023.
A person walks past a mask display at the World Health Expo in Wuhan, China, on April 7, 2023.

Asia Should Take the Lead on Global Health

The region’s health care systems and innovations show how solidarity can shape well-being.

Sang Lee (center) receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Community Health Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 16, 2021.
Sang Lee (center) receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Community Health Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 16, 2021.

How COVID-19 Vaccines Inhibited Real Change

They saved millions of lives but absolved countries from fixing core problems.

Protestors outside the White House call attention to those suffering from Long Covid
Protestors outside the White House call attention to those suffering from Long Covid

The Soaring Cost of Long COVID

An estimated 10 percent of coronavirus patients will need long-term care.

A stone building with the logo WTO OMC on its facade.
A stone building with the logo WTO OMC on its facade.

The WTO Failed the World in Covid

Pandemic-related technology and intellectual property cannot remain in its authority.

Mothers sit in a row with their babies and young children inside a large tent illuminated with string lights. One of the women sitting in the foreground has a wide smile as she looks down at the baby she cradles in her arms.
Mothers sit in a row with their babies and young children inside a large tent illuminated with string lights. One of the women sitting in the foreground has a wide smile as she looks down at the baby she cradles in her arms.

New Lifesaving Malaria Vaccines Need to Be Available Now

Emergency deployment could save tens of thousands of children.

Children are hooked up to IV drips on the stairs at a children's hospital in Beijing.
Children are hooked up to IV drips on the stairs at a children's hospital in Beijing.

Chinese Hospitals Are Housing Another Deadly Outbreak

Authorities are covering up the spread of antibiotic-resistant pneumonia.

The facade of the British Prime Minister's residence, 10 Downing Street, is covered in scaffolding as essential cleaning and maintenance work is carried out, in London, on August 4, 2008.
The facade of the British Prime Minister's residence, 10 Downing Street, is covered in scaffolding as essential cleaning and maintenance work is carried out, in London, on August 4, 2008.

Britain Has a Much Bigger Problem Than Brexit

The official investigation into the U.K.’s pandemic response has revealed a fundamentally dysfunctional state.

Charmante Kapinga sits on a chair holding her young son as a nurse prepares to weigh him before a routine vaccination at the Mervedi medical center outside Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Charmante Kapinga sits on a chair holding her young son as a nurse prepares to weigh him before a routine vaccination at the Mervedi medical center outside Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Shadow of the Next Pandemic Looms in a Virus Hotspot

Low vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises the risk of diseases spreading and adapting undetected.

A model of SARS-CoV-2 is displayed during a U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 2, 2020.
A model of SARS-CoV-2 is displayed during a U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 2, 2020.

The Pandemic Is Over. What Does That Even Mean?

COVID-19 isn’t a pandemic anymore. It’s just a never-ending nightmare.

Masks photographed in a studio
Masks photographed in a studio

Face Masks Are Our COVID-19 Memorial

America’s remaining maskers are a living emblem of a lost war.

security guard stands outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China
security guard stands outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China

How American Journalists Watched China’s COVID-19 Crisis Unfold

The pandemic’s outbreak brought rare reporting freedoms.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks onstage during a charity gala in New York City.
Sam Bankman-Fried speaks onstage during a charity gala in New York City.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Real Victims Aren’t in Crypto

Charity can’t be dependent on the whims of billionaires.

Patients are treated in a hospital in Beijing.
Patients are treated in a hospital in Beijing.

COVID-Ravaged Chinese Public Is Desperate for Paxlovid

Beijing failed to prepare antiviral supplies before new outbreak.

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