--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: February 15th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 5 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # February 15, 2021 | Vol. 197 No. 5February 15, 2021 | Vol. 197 No. 5  Issue name February 15th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 5 | U.S. Issue date February 15, 2021 Location U.S. [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents HealthIdeasPoliticsWorld ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### COVID-19 May Lead to a Heart-Disease Surge [Health](/section/health/) ### We May Never Eliminate COVID-19\. But We Can Learn to Live With It We may never eliminate COVID-19\. But we can learn to live with it [Health](/section/health/) ### NIH Director Francis Collins Is Fighting This Coronavirus While Preparing for the Next One ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Why TIME Partnered with Ibram X. Kendi to Recognize the Black Renaissance ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election The secret history of the shadow campaign that saved the election ### World [World](/section/world/) ### The U.S. and China Are Battling for Influence in Latin America, and the Pandemic Has Raised the Stakes The U.S. is ceding influence in latin America to China February 15th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 5 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"February 15th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 5 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5936018/february-15th-2021-vol-197-no-5-u-s/"}]}]} ```