A 1947 Smallpox Outbreak Was a “Textbook Example of a Strong, Humane, and Effective Public Health Response”
Children wait in line for immunization shots at a health station in New York City.Library of Congress For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece originally appeared in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In February 1947 an American businessman…
Can COVID-19 Be Treated? Does Blood From Survivors Help? Experts Answer Our Questions on Antibodies.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On January 20, just a day before the coronavirus officially showed up in the United States and more than a month before the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic, doctors in China launched a small, five-person…
Laid Off? You Can Still Sign Up for Obamacare
Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Roughly 9 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance in the past two weeks as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the economy. But, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, those who have lost their employer-based health coverage don’t need to go…
“Customers Don’t Adhere to the Six Feet of Distance at All”: A Butcher on Working Through the Coronavirus
A butcher cuts meat in a Whole Foods in New York City.Richard B. Levine/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Sean Krane, a 32-year-old butcher in Los Angeles County, has been working long hours during the coronavirus outbreak as an essential grocery worker at Vons. While some states,…
An Interview With Elizabeth Warren: Trump’s $500 Billion Coronavirus “Slush Fund” and More
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Few people know more about conducting financial oversight during an economic crisis than Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who led the congressional panel that monitored how billions in federal bailout funds were spent—and misspent—following the 2008 crash. This week, she Zoomed with Mother…
Cuomo’s Push to Send More People to New York Jails Will Likely Worsen the Pandemic
New York Gov. Andrew CuomoMichael Brochstein/Sipa USA/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is gaining admirers around the country because of his daily coronavirus briefings and endearing PowerPoint slides. But when it comes to low-income New Yorkers in the criminal justice system, he…