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Our nation’s mass vaccination campaign is complex and unprecedented, and Americans are hungry for any information to guide them out of the devastating  COVID-19 crisis. Given the pace and scale of vaccine deployment, it’s easy for journalists to feel overwhelmed. To aid in efficient and accurate cov

In one of the many cruelties of COVID-19, elderly Americans most at risk of dying from the disease are also more likely to experience crushing loneliness and isolation. The stakes go beyond mental health: Loneliness is a predictor of functional decline and death. Isolation was already a growing prob

It’s been two consecutive weeks of very big news from the medical race of the century: Moderna just announced its COVID-19 vaccine was nearly 95% effective in study results, while Pfizer said earlier that its candidate was more than 90% effective in trials. The findings offer the tantalizing possibi

Health officials have warned for decades that the U.S. woefully underinvests in public health and safety net programs. As a result, the country has paid the price for deep vulnerabilities during a pandemic that has now claimed more than 230,000 lives. Understaffed and underfunded, public health agen

Even as COVID-19 sweeps through the White House and waylays members of the Republican Judiciary Committee, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn’t paused his headlong rush to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before Nov. 3. U.S. health policy hangs in the balance. The court is sl

Young people have seen their lives upended during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, these young people also acutely feel the weight of our nation's reckoning with systemic racism and police violence.