COVID-19

An employee of Westminster Place is vaccinated on Jan. 6, 2021.

The U.S. Fumbled Its Early Vaccine Rollout. Will the Biden Administration Put America Back on Track?

Inside the failures of the U.S. vaccine rollout--and how it can be fixed

Cemetery workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a person who died of Covid-19 at Nossa Senhora Aparecida Cemetery in Manaus on Jan.15

A New Strain of COVID-19 Is Being Blamed for a Surge in Cases in Brazil. Here's What to Know

Fears the new strain could overcome antibodies and reinfect patients have l...

Fears the new strain could overcome antibodies and reinfect patients have little evidence behind them

President Joe Biden speaks during day two of laying out his plan on combating the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 15, 2021, about a week before taking office.

Here's What Joe Biden Can Do About the COVID-19 Pandemic Starting On His First Day as U.S. President

Biden has planned a series of steps to address COVID-19 that will unfold fr...

Biden has planned a series of steps to address COVID-19 that will unfold from inauguration day into the year beyond

In this May 29, 2020, file photo, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine meets with the media at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa.

As Biden's Assistant Health Secretary, Dr. Rachel Levine Set To Be First Openly Trans Federal Official Confirmed by U.S. Senate

As Pennsylvania Health Secretary, Levine has emerged as the public face of ...

As Pennsylvania Health Secretary, Levine has emerged as the public face of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Wildwood, N.J., Jan. 28, 2020. Trump rallies have a certain formula. He is a showman trying out new lines and new tricks to see how the audience responds. The successful lines become part of the act, and the rest are discarded. He always stokes anger at the 'fake news,' and thousands turn around to boo the media and give us the finger. Yet when we talk to Trump's supporters before and after his speech, they are generally kind and polite. After I had a violent encounter with a mob in Egypt in 2011, I know how quickly and easily groups of people can turn.

A Photographer's Diary of 12 Turbulent Months in Trump's America

It would be too much to say that if you’ve seen one Trump rally you’ve seen...

It would be too much to say that if you’ve seen one Trump rally you’ve seen them all. But “they all follow a predictable pattern,” says Peter van Agtmael, who has been attending them since...

The Valle Real Shopping Center in Santander, Spain on January 16, 2021 with all stores closed due to the entry into force of the order to close large shopping areas on weekends to avoid the rise of infections by covid-19

After the COVID-19 Pandemic We Need to Build More Resilient Countries

In 2020, the world witnessed what happens when a global risk becomes realit...

In 2020, the world witnessed what happens when a global risk becomes reality. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have now passed 95 million globally, with more than 2 million deaths. Millions more face the economic effects...

A medical worker inoculates a doctor with a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the J.L.N Hospital in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 18 January 2021.

Asia Was a Model for How to Deal With COVID-19. Why Is It Lagging in Vaccine Rollouts?

But most nations in the Asia-Pacific region, including South Korea, won't b...

But most nations in the Asia-Pacific region, including South Korea, won't begin vaccinating citizens until February or March.