COVID-19

Bad Takes, Episode 6: Covid learning loss is realBad Takes, Episode 6: Covid learning loss is real

America’s elementary school students have fallen behind during the pandemic.

Olivia Reingold, Bad Takes Producer

September 28, 2022

Don’t ask when the pandemic will end. Ask how we’re going to live with covid.Don’t ask when the pandemic will end. Ask how we’re going to live with covid.

The coronavirus isn’t going anywhere. We need to learn to minimize its impact.

Jonathan Lambert, Public Health Reporter, Dan Vergano, Science Reporter, and Maggie Severns, Domestic Policy Reporter

September 21, 2022

‘No Dumb Questions’: What is monkeypox?‘No Dumb Questions’: What is monkeypox?

Grid’s science editor looks at the virus that surfaced suddenly this summer — in the midst of the covid pandemic.

Lauren Morello, Science Editor, Jake Garcia, Associate Producer, Multimedia, and Tom Nagorski, Global Editor

September 14, 2022

Why aren’t medical breakthroughs in obesity a bigger deal?Why aren’t medical breakthroughs in obesity a bigger deal?

We're stuck in a dead-end debate over body positivity and dieting when real solutions to the problem exist.

Matthew Yglesias, Editor-at-Large

September 14, 2022

A historic nursing strike in Minnesota shows the cracks in the healthcare system are wideningA historic nursing strike in Minnesota shows the cracks in the healthcare system are widening

Understaffing and poor working conditions are straining the nurse workforce.

Jonathan Lambert, Public Health Reporter, and Alex Leeds Matthews, Data Visualization Reporter

September 13, 2022