The Latest Covid Surge and What it Means for the U.S.
The Covid virus has a Darwinian quality. As variants emerge, they compete with one another to become dominant. The most contagious variants tend to win the competition because they can…
Covid Rises Across U.S. Amid Muted Warnings and Murky Data
CHICAGO — Covid-19 is surging around the United States again in what experts consider the most transmissible variant of the pandemic yet. But something is different this time: The public…
When medical care became too expensive in the U.S., this borderlands family went to Mexico
The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020. That’s when Jesús Fierro Sr. was admitted to the hospital with a…