HALFWAY THROUGH?
For people in vaccinated countries, it feels like the COVID-19 pandemic is almost over—but if the virus continues to spread elsewhere, millions more people will die.
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PHONE HOME
“‘Aliens’ is so far-fetched that it’s just about the last possibility you’d want to consider. It’s only slightly more plausible than ‘Atlanteans,’” one observer says.
...AND WINTER IS COMING
South America is the only continent where the COVID surge is currently getting worse, and that is all down to one man.
THE NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR
Scientists are elated by what NASA’s two missions might teach us about what happened that caused our sister planet to break so bad—and avoid it.
‘ABSOLUTELY DAUNTING’
By keeping the world’s best vaccines to itself, the U.S. is forcing countries around the world to take a chance on some risky alternatives.
BREAKING THROUGH?
With a trickle of new positive test results in the baseball club, is it time to worry about vaccines? Not so fast, experts say.
BE PREPARED
There are more pathogens like the one that causes COVID-19. That’s why a team of scientists began work on what you might call a “super-vaccine.”
NOW OR NEVER
Biden has made moves, but experts say he could do a lot more—now.
ON THE BRINK
With slow vaccination rates, a huge population, and rife inequities—there is one obvious candidate for the next COVID hotbed after India.
RABBIT HOLE
Vaccine skeptics have marred the rollout of safe and effective shots from the jump. Now things may get truly ugly.
