coronavirus

China and Russia are spreading their vaccines—and forging new ties—to some of Washington’s closest allies.

As the pandemic rages, China’s strategy is becoming more high-tech and sophisticated.

Switching from expensive, slow PCR tests to self-administered antigen tests could work wonders.

Other countries should prepare now for their own reformations.

We asked 12 leading thinkers to predict what happens in 2021 and beyond.

Lack of communication over surplus doses has prompted suspicion and anger.

From the pandemic to Black Lives Matter and the U.S. election, five articles from the year that changed everything.

Britain’s prime minister promised to take back control. When it comes to the coronavirus, he has lost it.

Citizens hungry for information turned to the media during the pandemic, but governments around the world used the crisis to restrict journalists.

Here are five of our best pieces on how East Asia handled the pandemic.

A look back at our best essays on the onset of the coronavirus.

We don't yet know whether new variants of the coronavirus may impede vaccines’ efficacy. But they shouldn’t change anything about our approach to public health.

The continent thought it had the coronavirus beat—and had its guard down when it mattered most.

The British government squandered the chance to contain the virus in hopes of economic recovery.

It could make 2021 the year Americans rediscover science.

Swedes can’t figure out their government’s coronavirus approach, a progressive push on U.S. foreign policy, and an honest assessment of the Arab Spring’s fallout.

Will 2021 be full of foreign-policy crises and domestic drama or dull compared to 2020?

The country’s contrarian approach to the COVID-19 pandemic was meant to prove that trust in authorities could avert lockdowns. Instead, mixed messaging and political squabbles have led to an exploding epidemic.

Picking the right statistics has been critical to handling—or botching—the coronavirus pandemic.