Pandemics

Most new diseases have their origins in animals. So why aren’t we paying more attention to their health?

Mathematical models power our civilization—but they have limits.

How a pandemic chicken found a family.

The author discusses “The End Is Only a Beginning,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

The pandemic destabilized us—and exposed the fractures in our country’s approach to mental health.

The latest report on the origin of the virus behind the pandemic is still inconclusive, but there are lessons to be learned from it.

Dhruv Khullar examines what strategies worked to control the virus, and talks to the C.D.C.’s director, Rochelle Walensky, about the issue of misinformation.

Why did the nation, which suppressed the virus for years, fail to prepare for the inevitable?

A ragtag coalition of public-health activists believe that America’s pandemic restrictions are too lax—and they say they have the science to prove it.

After weeks of protests, China will ease its stringent pandemic restrictions. The reversal could be a boon for the economy—and lead to a wave of deaths.

The backlash against pandemic restrictions has become a more potent talking point than the public-health crisis itself.

COVID, monkeypox, Ebola, and SARS all originated in animals. Some researchers think we can predict what’s next, while others believe it’s an impossible task.

There’s still time for a forceful global response to shape the future of the disease.

It’s brutal out there.

As Eric Adams, who has advocated for daily meditation in public schools, pushes mindfulness classes, the third graders at P.S. 60 in Staten Island assembled for a lesson on identifying and coping with their feelings.

A fervent opponent of mask mandates and “woke” ideology, the Florida governor channels the same rage as the former President, but with greater discipline.

President Biden’s COVID czar talks about his public-health philosophy, his Twitter threads, his unlikely path to the White House, and where we go from here.

In this drama about a film crew at work on a farm in Portugal, it’s hard to tell where the movie ends and life begins.

In 2020, I went to crowded restaurants and music festivals. In 2022, I’m in isolation by choice.

If Americans decide too soon that it is over, it could paradoxically drag on even longer.