EPIDEMIC is a weekly series on the science, public health, and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic. We help you understand the latest science and the bigger context, bringing you diverse angles—from history to politics to virology—depth and...

In America, who gets to be healthy, and who doesn’t? And what can we do about it? Education, gender, age, race—they all have something to do with it. There's a divide between people who will live long and healthy lives and those who won’t...