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The Veterinarians Preventing the Next Pandemic

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

Malika Andrews Plays Through the Pressure

The ESPN star’s reporting on divisive subjects, including allegations of violence against women, has been as risky as it is refreshing.
Culture Desk

What Cartoonists Saw in Isolation: A Portrait of the Pandemic

In the spring of 2020, artists captured silliness, sexiness, despondence, and hope. What does quarantine look like when viewed from the other side?
The Current Cinema

American Confinement in “We Grown Now” and “Stress Positions”

A crisis turns home into a place of constraint in two new independent features.
Annals of Inquiry

What Would It Mean for Scientists to Listen to Patients?

People with post-viral illnesses often feel shut out of the scientific establishment. Two renowned Yale researchers are attempting to bring them in.
Annals of Inquiry

How Much of the World Is It Possible to Model?

Mathematical models power our civilization—but they have limits.
Our Columnists

Jerome Powell Is Still Puzzling Over the Strength of the U.S. Economy

Even as the Fed chair and his colleagues have raised interest rates to bring down inflation, spending and hiring have picked up recently, and G.D.P. growth looks strong.
The Weekend Essay

The Hidden Harms of CPR

The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?
Daily Comment

Lab Leaks and COVID-19 Politics

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

The Pandemic at Three: Who Got It Right?

Can we fix the response to COVID-19 in a country that seems broken? Plus, Stephanie Hsu talks with Jia Tolentino about “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Comment

The Dire Aftermath of China’s Untenable “Zero COVID” Policy

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

The Case for Wearing Masks Forever

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.
News Desk

What Chinese People Think of Their Government’s “Zero COVID” Policy

Many citizens don’t know anyone who’s had the disease, yet their faith in the country’s restrictive rules is waning.
Q. & A.

How COVID Policies and Party Politics Set the Stage for the Protests in China

Frustrations with Xi Jinping’s harsh approach to the virus have led to the most widespread public demonstrations in decades.
Daily Comment

Chinese Protesters Warily Tell Xi Jinping, “Don’t Push Me”

The nation’s most defiant public demonstrations in years oppose “zero COVID” policies, but their roots run deeper. 
The Political Scene

How Republicans Claimed COVID as a Winning Campaign Issue

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

Yet Another COVID-19 Screening Form

Have you, in the past ten days, experienced cough, sore throat, shortness of smell, loss of throat, intergluteal elm bark, Count Scrofula, or fisherman’s lonely-eye?
Annals of Medicine

How Many Times Will You Get COVID?

When it comes to coronavirus infections, the third time is not the charm. What is?
Satire from The Borowitz Report

Trump Demands Recount After Biden Has More Positive COVID Tests Than He Did

A fuming Trump told reporters that “the only way Sleepy Joe could beat me at COVID is if the tests were rigged.”
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