How is Russia’s war in Ukraine going? VIEW
We’ll explain how the events of the past six weeks have affected the war in Ukraine, with help from our colleagues who are covering it...
‘Swiss cheese’ model is key to protecting the most vulnerable as COVID restrictions end
With the omicron wave receding, many places are starting to remove at least some of their remaining pandemic restrictions. But vulnerable people still need to...
Trying to make sense of COVID’s mysterious 2-month cycle
Since the coronavirus began spreading in late 2019, cases have often surged for about two months — sometimes because of a variant, such as delta...
Red COVID: In U.S., the coronavirus’ partisan pattern is growing more extreme VIEW
America's political divide over COVID-19 vaccinations is so large that almost every reliably blue state now has a higher vaccination rate than almost every reliably...
‘A black eye’: Why political polling missed the mark. Again.
For the second straight presidential election, the polling industry missed. Instead of winning a landslide, as polls suggested, Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump by...
How did it happen? America’s unique failure to control the virus
Nearly every country has struggled and made mistakes, but the U.S. is the only affluent nation to have suffered a severe, sustained outbreak for so...