Nina Burleigh

Nina Burleigh is a journalist who has covered stories in most of the contiguous states, Italy, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the author of seven books, most recently Virus: Vaccinations, the CDC, and the Hijacking of America's Response to the Pandemic.

Covid NYC

Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic? Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic?

I’d like to believe we’ve learned a lesson about our species-wide vulnerability, our planetary connectedness. But in fact, we seem more atomized and arrogant than ever.

Jun 16, 2022 / Nina Burleigh

The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness

The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness

How the pandemic seeded new Astroturf for the right.

May 17, 2022 / Nina Burleigh

Trump Coronavirus Pandemic

How to Make Money Off a Pandemic How to Make Money Off a Pandemic

The Trump administration saw the pandemic not for what it took away but for what it offered.

Jun 4, 2021 / Nina Burleigh

How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC’s Covid Response

How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC’s Covid Response How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC’s Covid Response

Mass death was turned into a business opportunity.

May 17, 2021 / Feature / Nina Burleigh

Spanish Flu

Why Do We Forget Pandemics? Why Do We Forget Pandemics?

Until the Covid-19 pandemic, the catastrophe of the Spanish flu had been dropped from American memory.

Apr 26, 2021 / Nina Burleigh

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