Health and Disease

My Anxious Wife Is Stockpiling Pop-Tarts! What Should I Do?

My Anxious Wife Is Stockpiling Pop-Tarts! What Should I Do? My Anxious Wife Is Stockpiling Pop-Tarts! What Should I Do?

Another readers asks how to show solidarity amid lockdown.

Mar 27, 2020 / Liza Featherstone

A sanitation worker hauls recycling bags in Beavercreek, Ohio.

If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works

Meet the men and women risking illness to keep New York’s streets clean.

Mar 27, 2020 / Ross Barkan

Congratulations, Your Kids Are Now Your Coworkers

Congratulations, Your Kids Are Now Your Coworkers Congratulations, Your Kids Are Now Your Coworkers

Tips on how to survive the lockdown with your children and sanity intact—by a veteran of working from home.

Mar 27, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Nurses in protective gear stand outside a tent labelled

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19

Heroism and selflessness, the terror of loneliness amid quarantine… and Donald Trump’s grotesque and life-threatening narcissism.

Mar 27, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Wuhan volunteers

The Crisis in Wuhan ‘Forced Me to Become Political’ The Crisis in Wuhan ‘Forced Me to Become Political’

As the city prepares to reopen after two months of lockdown, a resident shares why she’ll never see Chinese society the same way again.

Mar 26, 2020 / Jessie Lau

‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis

‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis ‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis

Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.

Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe

‘Just Keep Up the Faith’: Workers Are Stepping Up to Beat the Coronavirus

‘Just Keep Up the Faith’: Workers Are Stepping Up to Beat the Coronavirus ‘Just Keep Up the Faith’: Workers Are Stepping Up to Beat the Coronavirus

From hospital wards to bus routes to a ventilator plant in Wisconsin, working-class Americans are giving their all. 

Mar 26, 2020 / John Nichols

The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic.

The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic. The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic.

Israel, which continues to control Gaza’s borders, has for decades intentionally weakened the economy and health of the world’s largest open-air prison.

Mar 25, 2020 / Neve Gordon

‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’

‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’ ‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’

Families of loved ones imprisoned in New York’s notorious Tombs jail report that Covid-19 appears to be spreading in the facility—and there is no hand sanitizer. 

Mar 25, 2020 / Rosa Schwartzburg

Coronavirus drive-through site

Health Care Workers Are Facing Burdens That Put Everyone at Risk Health Care Workers Are Facing Burdens That Put Everyone at Risk

Insufficient protective equipment and limited access to testing are dramatically increasing the severity of the crisis.

Mar 25, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter

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