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  1. covid
    COVID Outbreak Hits Senate at Worst Possible TimeIt’s white-knuckle time for Chuck Schumer.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. just asking questions
    What on Earth Is China’s COVID Strategy Now?Nancy Qian on why the country is sticking to its quixotic and damaging attempt to stamp out the virus.
    By Benjamin Hart
  3. covid
    Some People’s COVID Symptoms Come Back After Taking PaxlovidIn rare cases, patients who test negative for the virus aren’t in the clear.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. coronavirus
    Kamala Harris Tests Positive for COVIDA spokesperson says Biden was not recently a “close contact.”
    By Matt Stieb
  5. politics
    Congressman Is Too Busy Being Your Pilot to Show Up in WashingtonRepresentative Kai Kahele has barely shown up in Washington recently, but he has made time for his side gig as a Hawaiian Airlines pilot.
    By Benjamin Hart
  6. politics
    The Grim Lesson of Congress’s Failure to Sustain COVID FundingIf we can’t prioritize public health after a pandemic kills 977,000 Americans, how will we ever prioritize climate change?
    By Eric Levitz
  7. anti-vaxxers
    Turns Out the Horse Dewormer Doesn’t Help COVID Patients After AllThe largest trial to date on Ivermectin found that it was no better than a placebo.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. politics
    Florida to Defy CDC, Says No COVID Vaccine for KidsFlorida is the first state to counter the CDC by recommending that healthy children over the age of 5 not receive the COVID vaccine.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. just asking questions
    How Worried Should We Be About the BA.2 Omicron Subvariant?A Harvard medical professor weighs in on the probability of the strain known as BA.2 taking over in the U.S. and why that may not be reason to panic.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. public health
    America Can Get Back to Normal and Get Better at Fighting COVIDThere’s still a lot policy-makers can do to protect the most vulnerable without inconveniencing the broader public.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. sports
    Djokovic’s War Against Evil COVID Vaccine Will ContinueThe World No. 1 isn’t getting a shot anytime soon and might miss the French Open as a result.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. the national interest
    Republicans Think Biden’s Plan to Return to Normal Is a Secret PlotThe lockdowns were a Democratic scheme to gain power, and so is ending them.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. covid-19
    How People on Medicare Can Get Free Home COVID Tests (Soon)Medicare beneficiaries were left out of the home COVID test reimbursement rule, but they’ll finally get free tests this spring. Here’s what we know.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. the national interest
    School Closures Were a Catastrophe. Progressives Still Haven’t Reckoned With It.If you don’t diagnose your error, you might repeat it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. education
    We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About SchoolCritics of teachers and their unions are repeating attacks from the early pandemic, and not paying attention to the real culprits of the crisis.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. covid
    USPS to Deliver Free COVID Tests … Sometime Soon?The Biden administration is “finalizing” plans to send an unknown number of COVID tests to Americans who want them at some point in the coming weeks.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. covid
    Your Tap Water Doesn’t Need to Take a COVID TestViral videos show people getting positive results from water and soda. They only prove that people are willing to waste home COVID tests.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. nyc schools
    Eric Adams Really Wants to Keep NYC Schools OpenThat may be easier said than done amid an Omicron tsunami.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. games
    The 10 Biggest Sports Stories of 2021Ohtani and Giannis were almost enough to make us forget about COVID for a while.
    By Will Leitch
  20. intelligencer chats
    Schools Might Be Heading for a January ‘Omicron Break’Unless we radically rethink pandemic protocols, there will be a lot of absences in a lot of places.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
  21. the national interest
    Conservative Anger at Vaccine Mandates Was About Vaccines, Not MandatesThe right turns out to be anti-anything that makes vaccine skeptics feel bad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. omicron
    CityMD Closes Some NYC Locations at Worst Possible TimeStaffing shortages are to blame, the company says.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. covid
    White House Decides to Send Free COVID Tests to Americans After AllBetter late than never.
    By Benjamin Hart
  24. business
    Omicron and Manchin Nudge Economy Into ‘the Unknown’Wall Street is not loving all the pandemic and legislative uncertainty right now.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  25. vaccines
    Trump: Getting Vaccinated Helps Own the LibsThe former president said he got a booster shot and that vaccine skeptics are doing Democrats’ work for them.
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. shock horror
    Two Drab Photos Are Endangering Boris Johnson’s CareerBojo is losing some of his mojo.
    By Benjamin Hart
  27. the national interest
    Conservatives Are Starting to Say Covid Is a Positive GoodThe creepy final stage of denial.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. that happened
    Let’s Revisit October 2020, a Truly Wild Month in U.S. PoliticsTrump’s COVID ordeal. Amy Coney Barrett’s rushed confirmation. Rudy Giuliani’s “October surprise” flop. It all went down one year ago.
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. politics
    ‘I’m Not Changing My Mind’: New York Fires Unvaccinated Health-Care WorkersHospitals are holding on so far, after the mandate to get the shot took effect at midnight.
    By James D. Walsh
  30. unreal
    The View’s COVID Chaos ContinuesLast week, two hosts tested positive for COVID mid-show — but it turns out their tests were inaccurate.
    By Mia Mercado
  31. covid-19 vaccines
    How COVID Won the SummerFailures of solidarity both within countries and between them enabled the Delta variant’s spread.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. the national interest
    Sweetgreen’s CEO Thinks Salads Work Better Than VaccinesElite health fetish as denial of social responsibility.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. the national interest
    Republican Vaccine Denial Is Not a Political StrategyNever attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. the media
    Glenn Greenwald Speaks Truth to Reply GuysThe polemicist’s latest screed fails to distinguish between liberals who annoy him on Twitter and the U.S. government.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. explainer
    What We Know About the Dangerous Delta VariantThe more transmissible COVID strain now accounts for an estimated 93 percent of new cases in the U.S.
    By Chas Danner and Paola Rosa-Aquino
  36. the national interest
    The Madness of Teachers Unions Opposing a Vaccine Mandate“Vaccinations must be negotiated between employers and workers, not coerced.” What?
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. politics
    What Other Deadly Things Will Ron DeSantis Joke About?Florida’s governor used COVID as an icebreaker at a conservative conference. Here are some alternatives.
    By Sarah Jones
  38. tokyo olympics
    The Singular Beauty of the 400-Meter HurdlesWhy both the men’s and women’s races are the most highly anticipated track-and-field events of the Olympics.
    By David Gendelman
  39. covid-19
    Vaccinated Kids Can Go Maskless in School, CDC SaysThe agency issued new guidance in which schools are advised to fully reopen this fall.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  40. games
    Jon Rahm’s COVID Disaster Is a Great Vaccine PSASome athletes are still inoculation reluctant. Maybe watching a golfer lose more than a million dollars will help.
    By Will Leitch
  41. covid-19
    WHO Renames COVID Variants, Calling National Labels ‘Stigmatizing’The Greek alphabet will be used instead of Britain, Brazil, India, and so on.
    By Nia Prater
  42. covid-19
    Biden Joins the COVID Lab-Leak-Theory DebateThe president says that U.S. intelligence is considering the theory and he wants them to push harder to answer where the coronavirus originated.
    By Chas Danner
  43. american crisis
    Cuomo Set to Earn $5.1 Million for Ill-Conceived COVID BookThe governor finally revealed what he was paid for his pandemic memoir, which is now the subject of a probe by the state attorney general’s office.
    By Nia Prater
  44. covid-19
    Northeastern States See Decline in COVID-19 CasesAnd cases continue to drop nationally, as well.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  45. covid
    CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Basically Don’t Need to Wear MasksThe agency finally updates guidance, with a few caveats, after ample evidence that vaccines are effective against transmission of the coronavirus.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  46. babies
    No Country for New BabiesIn 2020, the U.S. birth rate declined by 4 percent, bringing the nation’s fertility to its lowest point in over a century.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. roundup
    All U.S. Adults Can Get the COVID Vaccine. Now What?The country’s vaccine rollout has hit a major milestone, but expanding access and increasing demand in the next phase won’t be easy.
    By Chas Danner
  48. politics
    Why Tensions in Northern Ireland Have ReignitedNorthern Ireland is seeing its worst violence in years, with anger over Brexit acting as fuel and a fight over COVID restrictions adding the spark.
    By Vincent Bevins
  49. covid-19
    Why Are COVID Cases Going Up in New York City?As the city continues to reopen and vaccination rates climb, coronavirus cases are ticking up after plateauing for more than a month.
    By Chas Danner
  50. covid-19
    Johnson & Johnson Will Run COVID Vaccine Trials on InfantsBut neither it nor any other COVID vaccine will likely be available to U.S. children until at least the fall.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino