Elijah Wolfson

Wolfson is an editorial director at TIME, responsible for health, science, and climate change coverage.

Recent Articles

The Language Of Climate Change Just Changed in a Major Way

In so many ways, not much has changed since the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—perhaps the premiere climate science-and-policy organization in the world—published its last major report in 2014. Just as it...

By Elijah Wolfson August 9, 2021

Let's Discuss the Top Chef: Portland Finale

Did the right person win?

By Judy Berman July 5, 2021

I Went to the Westminster Dog Show and All I Got Was This Lousy Positive View of Humanity

There is only one thing I know for sure about the Westminster Dog Show: there’s almost zero chance that I would have ever attended the event if not for the virus that upended the world....

By Elijah Wolfson June 15, 2021

Women Are Transforming What Climate Leadership Looks Like

The COVID-19 pandemic, like the climate crisis, is amplifying existing racial and gender injustices in our society. TIME editors Naina Bajekal and Elijah Wolfson moderated a conversation with two women working to create a more...

By Naina Bajekal May 6, 2021

Joe Biden's Election Win, by the Numbers

After nearly four days of ballot counting, the United States has a new President-elect. On Nov. 7, at approximately 11:25 a.m. E.T., the Associated Press called the state of Pennsylvania for former Vice President Joe...

By Emily Barone November 7, 2020

How Many More Lives Will Be Lost to COVID-19 Before the U.S. Gets It Right?

How the U.S. succumbed to complacency and let 200,000 people die of COVID-19

By Alex Fitzpatrick January 13, 2021

Falling Coronavirus Testing Numbers Obscures the Reality of the U.S. Pandemic

July was devastating in the U.S. After the country had appeared to flatten the curve in late spring, daily new cases of COVID-19 skyrocketed as the season turned, peaking at 20.5 per 100,000 people on...

By Elijah Wolfson August 12, 2020

TIME's Coronavirus Data and Mapping Dashboard Launches

In July of any other year, many of us would be starting our mornings catching up on the score of last night’s game, or checking in on the stock market. But in 2020, the most...

By Chris Wilson July 28, 2020

This July Fourth Clarified America's Coronavirus Failures

If you’re American, you can be forgiven if you didn’t particularly feel like celebrating your country during this year’s Fourth of July holiday. If you’re not, your feelings toward the U.S., whether pity or schadenfreude,...

By Elijah Wolfson July 6, 2020

What a U.S. Withdrawal From the WHO Means

The World Health Organization(WHO) has driven the charges leading to some of the 20th century’s greatest public health triumphs. And throughout WHO’s 72-year history, the U.S. has been the organization’s star player, coach, and biggest...

By Elijah Wolfson April 30, 2021
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