You Should Worry About Coronavirus in the South—Just Not for the Narrow-Minded Reasons You’re Sharing
Exterior view of a Captain D’s advertising alternate methods of ordering during the coronavirus outbreak on March 23, 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama. Taylor Hil/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Today, as was inevitable, a map from the New York Times made its rounds on Twitter showing where…
A Vaccine Is Our Best Hope Out of This Mess. This Doctor Tells Us What It’s Like to Lead the First US Trial.
Dr. Evan AndersonDamon Meharg/Emory University For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.If the weeks seem like decades to you right now, consider this bit of good news: The first US trial for a coronavirus vaccine is already underway, just months after the novel virus emerged. That’s a record.…
Researchers Are Testing Whether an Old Vaccine Can Protect Health Care Workers From COVID-19
Gareth Fuller/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Researchers at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, made an exciting announcement late last week: They’re planning to test among health care professionals a century-old vaccine’s ability to fight COVID-19. “We hope to see a reduction in the…
Should You Avoid the Grocery Store Today to Help SNAP Recipients? It’s Complicated.
Jeremy Hogan/Sipa via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In less than a single month, the coronavirus pandemic has completely altered the day-to-day lives of millions of Americans. With many stores running out of essential items such as milk, eggs, and canned food almost as soon as…
“People Were Sobbing, People Were Begging for Us to See Them Anyway”: Texas’ Abortion Ban Is Cruel
Activists stand with signs at an abortion-rights rally at Supreme Court in Washington to protest new state bans on abortion services on Tuesday May 21, 2019.Congressional Quarterly/Newscom/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Leave it to anti-abortion politicians in Texas to not let a crisis go to waste.…
“Our Patients Are Very, Very Afraid”: A Major LA Clinic Is Struggling to Treat Undocumented Patients
A woman wears a mask as she crosses an empty street near the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday.ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In recent weeks, Los Angeles has surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area as California’s coronavirus hub. The city is…