International
11 February 2021
Covid-19 hit the United States hard, but life expectancy was already falling. The lessons for other countries are clear
Books & arts
14 December 2020
Television | The highs and occasional lows of Four Corners’ coverage of 2020
Essays & reportage
13 November 2020
How the world’s first vaccine came to Australia… in 1804
International
11 September 2020
Infections are low, but the factors that will help the virus to spread are already clear
National affairs
11 September 2020
A half-year of Covid-19-watching suggests the most effective way ahead
National affairs
25 August 2020
Behind the growing Covid-19 optimism is worrying political and geopolitical manoeuvring
National affairs
11 August 2020
Greater use of isolation would help us through the “middle game” of Covid-19
National affairs
28 July 2020
Outbreaks, vaccines, and the limits of centralised control
Essays & reportage
23 July 2020
The struggle to eliminate racism from Australian healthcare has been given new momentum
National affairs
22 July 2020
With masks shown to be useful only in certain settings, the debate about compulsion is drawing attention away from real pathways of infection
National affairs
16 July 2020
A sustainable Covid-19 strategy will mean paying much closer attention to people’s movements, and where they gather along the way
National affairs
30 June 2020
Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem?
National affairs
16 June 2020
As the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, effective mitigation strategies are proving their worth
International
1 June 2020
While the quest for treatments and vaccines continued, the language of global public goods dominated international pandemic talks
International
28 May 2020
Clear patterns are evident in the data we have on cases, mortality and testing
National affairs
18 May 2020
Greg Hunt looks set to sign another flawed agreement with the powerful Pharmacy Guild
Essays & reportage
18 May 2020
Is the Trump administration using the pandemic to reorder the international landscape?
National affairs
11 May 2020
The virus’s genome has been at the centre of the vast output of research findings
National affairs
8 May 2020
Partial accounts of the economic and health effects of Australia’s response understate its success
International
6 May 2020
As Pacific island nations reel from Cyclone Harold and the coronavirus, US–China tensions are complicating the path to recovery
National affairs
5 May 2020
Another week of pandemic responses highlights the uncertainties ahead
National affairs
4 May 2020
The pandemic has challenged the idea that “society” and “the economy” are separable
Essays & reportage
2 May 2020
Like the epidemic itself, the policing of Spanish flu controls fell unevenly on the population
Essays & reportage
29 April 2020
A massive medical research effort is producing almost as many questions as answers
National affairs
21 April 2020
What can past pandemics tell us about the practicality of eliminating Covid-19?
National affairs
17 April 2020
Governments can’t tell us when restrictions might be lifted, but they are beginning to tell us how
International
16 April 2020
On the evidence, the World Health Organization will come out of this crisis better than its most vocal critics
National affairs
13 April 2020
As research reveals more about controlling the virus, Singapore’s rise in cases sends a signal to Australia
Essays & reportage
13 April 2020
How a daughter’s death caused by Spanish flu sent a family halfway across the globe
National affairs
7 April 2020
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