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Epidemics
March 13, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
The President Who Wasn’t There
The message from Donald Trump’s coronavirus press conference was that the buck stops elsewhere.
March 12, 2020
Alex Pareene
The Dismantled State Takes on a Pandemic
Conservatives won their war on Big Government. Their prize is a pandemic.
March 3, 2020
Kira Golikova
Life in China During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Scenes from Zhengzhou, where people’s movements were restricted to contain the virus
October 18, 2016
Mike Ives
When Outbreaks Go Viral
In the age of social media, fears and rumors about outbreaks and epidemics can quickly spread out of control.
February 4, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Donors Pledged Nearly $3 Billion to the Ebola Crisis, But Have Paid Only $1 Billion
February 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
If Anti-Vaxxers Want a Revolution, They Just Might Get One
October 24, 2014
Jonathan M. Katz
The U.N. Caused Haiti's Cholera Epidemic. Now the Obama Administration Is Fighting the Victims.
The death toll is nearly double the Ebola outbreak
May 5, 2014
Howard Markel
A Deadly Virus Just Arrived in the U.S.
Here's what you need to know about it
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