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A model of SARS-CoV-2 is displayed during a U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 2, 2020.
A model of SARS-CoV-2 is displayed during a U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 2, 2020.

The Pandemic Is Over. What Does That Even Mean?

COVID-19 isn’t a pandemic anymore. It’s just a never-ending nightmare.

A photo taken on March 31 in Manta, Italy, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI website, displaying its ChatGPT bot.
A photo taken on March 31 in Manta, Italy, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI website, displaying its ChatGPT bot.

How GPT Mania Could Harm AI Innovation

The scramble to win the GPT race could divert essential resources from the development of more socially meaningful uses of AI.

Masks photographed in a studio
Masks photographed in a studio

Face Masks Are Our COVID-19 Memorial

America’s remaining maskers are a living emblem of a lost war.

security guard stands outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China
security guard stands outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China

How American Journalists Watched China’s COVID-19 Crisis Unfold

The pandemic’s outbreak brought rare reporting freedoms.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks onstage during a charity gala in New York City.
Sam Bankman-Fried speaks onstage during a charity gala in New York City.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Real Victims Aren’t in Crypto

Charity can’t be dependent on the whims of billionaires.

The U.S. State Department headquarters is seen in Washington.
The U.S. State Department headquarters is seen in Washington.

The State Department Makes Life Difficult for Breastfeeding Mothers

At some U.S. missions abroad, diplomats are banned from bringing breast pumps into their offices.

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Happy Birthday, COVID-19

Was China’s zero-COVID policy a mistake?

Patients are treated in a hospital in Beijing.
Patients are treated in a hospital in Beijing.

COVID-Ravaged Chinese Public Is Desperate for Paxlovid

Beijing failed to prepare antiviral supplies before new outbreak.

A resident looks through a hole in the fence from inside a locked-down area in Beijing under covid-19 restrictions.
A resident looks through a hole in the fence from inside a locked-down area in Beijing under covid-19 restrictions.

China’s COVID-19 Failure Isn’t a Win for Democracy

The pandemic years strained every system of government.

Patients with COVID-19 lie in beds at Tangshan Gongren Hospital in China's northeastern city of Tangshan.
Patients with COVID-19 lie in beds at Tangshan Gongren Hospital in China's northeastern city of Tangshan.

The Chinese Public Doesn’t Know Who to Trust Anymore

Amid rampant COVID outbreaks, people are confused and scared.

A picture of China's President Xi Jinping with a face mask is displayed as people visit an exhibition about China's fight against Covid in Wuhan on Jan. 15, 2021.
A picture of China's President Xi Jinping with a face mask is displayed as people visit an exhibition about China's fight against Covid in Wuhan on Jan. 15, 2021.

China’s Government Is a Self-Made COVID-19 Victim

The country’s pandemic experience should be remembered as a political, not a public health, catastrophe.

People holding candles form a large, glowing peace sign at night in a grand plaza.
People holding candles form a large, glowing peace sign at night in a grand plaza.

Will 2023 Be More Peaceful Than 2022?

This year saw Russia invade Ukraine, China’s Xi Jinping secure a third term, and Iranians take to the streets. What will 2023 look like?

Emergency health workers transport a patient to a fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing on Dec. 21.
Emergency health workers transport a patient to a fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing on Dec. 21.

How China Botched the End of Zero-COVID

Other countries have successfully transitioned from strict lockdowns. Beijing has wasted the last three years.

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