If we could watch what’s really going on in hospitals, there would be no more complacency.

Health care workers don’t need patronizing praise. They need resources, federal support, and for us to stay healthy and out of their hospitals. In many cases, none of that is happening.

In April, I started 'Coronavirus News for Black Folks.' It gave me a kind of second sight. I could see where the country is headed—and how blind it’s been.

If you understood how much this hurts, you might stop planning Thanksgiving.

A devastating surge is here. Unless Americans act aggressively, it will get much larger, very quickly.

Don’t spend time indoors with people outside your household.

The pandemic has broken Americans’ understanding of what to fear.

The risk of catching the coronavirus is much higher indoors.

Until Monday, the governor urged Iowans to “do the right thing” but kept businesses open and masks optional. Now cases are surging and hospitals are filling up.

Covid-19 policies haven’t helped the people most affected by the virus — except in Vermont.

While the United States flounders in its response to the coronavirus, another nation — one within our own borders — is faring much better.

Patient organization has a long history as one of the most effective tactics for health condition recognition and action in the United…

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Getty This is the midweek edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your...

A year of scientific uncertainty is over. Two vaccines look like they will work, and more should follow.