List of Pandemics articles
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer walks with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 9. Our Top Weekend Reads
Political psychologists offer a new approach to authoritarianism, Ukraine clamps down on pro-Russian media, and a critically acclaimed documentary chronicles Wuhan’s lockdown.
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An elderly woman looks out from her window in Barcelona, Spain, on April 26, 2020. How the Pandemic Made the ‘Last Acceptable Prejudice’ Worse
Ageism has colored the response to COVID-19 and is setting everyone up for a more difficult economic recovery.
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A teacher prepares a lesson with a cellphone on the first day of online classes in an empty classroom in Seoul, on April 9, 2020. Did Big Tech Save the World From an Even Bigger Economic Meltdown?
It helped, but the countries that fared best had other factors at play.
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Senior citizens receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from health care workers during a priority coronavirus vaccination program for the elderly at a Puerto Rico National Guard vaccination center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Feb. 8. End the Pandemic Faster by Listening to Developing Countries
Biden has a golden opportunity to help with global vaccines.
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Two men wait for their vaccinations at Treptow Arena’s vaccine center in Berlin, on Dec. 27, 2020. Why Europe Is Falling Behind on Vaccines
It’s a perfect storm of under procurement, overzealous regulators, and anti-vaccine populations.
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A medical worker at the Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, China A Year On, Wuhan Victims Are Still Scarred and Still Censored
Seven stories of the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences.
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covid-19-global-vaccine-rollout-sebastian-thibault-illustration-foreign-policy Postcards From the End of the Pandemic
In China, workers go first. At a Moscow clinic, every time slot is available. And some New Zealanders think they could do without. A regular check-in on the state of the world’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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A morgue attendant at the Pretoria branch of the South African funeral and burial services company Avbob stands next to the body of a patient who died from COVID-19-related illnesses as a coffin is brought along ahead of his burial on Jan. 22. ‘People Are Scared’: U.S. Officials in Africa Fight a Resurgent COVID-19
As a new variant of the coronavirus spreads across southern Africa, U.S. aid officials are worried about health care—and a lack of guidance from Washington.
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French President Emmanuel Macron visits an industrial development laboratory at French drugmaker's vaccine unit Sanofi Pasteur plant in Marcy-l'Etoile, near Lyon, central France, on June 16, 2020. The Real Reason France Is Skeptical of Vaccines
The French public hasn’t stopped believing in science. They’ve stopped believing in the state.
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a press conference after a meeting about the COVID-19 outbreak at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva on June 25, 2020. Vaccine Nationalism Harms Everyone and Protects No One
The World Health Organization’s chief argues that hoarding vaccines isn’t just immoral—it’s medically self-defeating.
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Police officers inspect the truck of a driver working in the shellfish industry who brought his truck to central London to protest Britain’s Been Hammered by Brexit, but It Got the Vaccine Right
The positive contrast with the European Union’s COVID-19 vaccine debacle has masked a rocky exit from Europe.
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A girl wearing a mask, rides a scooter by the closed stores of the Boardwalk in Venice, California on Apr. 26, 2020. Reopening Haves, and Have Nots
The path to economic normalization will be hardest for the countries and sectors least prepared for prolonged pain.
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Muslims attend a vigil at the East London Mosque for the victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks on March 15 in London, England. Our Top Weekend Reads
British Muslims seek legal protections, Biden unveils his climate agenda, and why Saudi Arabia is getting away with murder.
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A lab technician prepares stainless steel tanks used for manufacturing vaccines at French pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s world distribution center in Val-de-Reuil on July 10, 2020. The Global Vaccine Rollout Is Failing—and That Puts Everyone, Everywhere, In Danger
The selfish reasons the United States and Europe must help poor countries deal with COVID-19.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes off her face mask as she arrives for a a virtual news conference on security issues with French President Emmanuel Macron, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, at the Chancellery in Berlin on Nov. 10, 2020. Europe’s Vaccine Disaster Isn’t Lack of Supply
As the EU tries to acquire more vaccines, it’s failing to effectively use the ones it already has.
