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FiveThirtyEight's COVID-19 podcast is laser-focused on evidence. What do we know about the novel coronavirus, and what do we know we don't know? COVID-19 has pushed Americans into more uncer...
But podcasts about them do. We're sad to report this is the final episode of PODCAST-19! It's been so rewarding making a show for you over t...
The CDC wants to be certain, so it typically waits for a critical mass of scientific evidence before making declarative statements. That tak...
We have no hard evidence to support the idea that the novel coronavirus was leaked from a lab, let alone a smoking gun to validate that hypo...
There's a worldwide shortage of vaccines but plenty of factories standing by to make them. Why is there such a gap between what we need and...
Kids can't get a COVID-19 vaccination yet, but they're unlikely to develop serious complications from the disease. But they can still be vec...
We've learned time and again that animals can give diseases to humans. We've seen this happen with coronaviruses, the flu, Ebola -- basicall...
The United States has a surplus of COVID-19 vaccines — more than enough to vaccinate every adult. Poor countries, however, are still struggl...
Federal health agencies asked states to pause in their use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while U.S. officials investigate reports of an e...
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been hailed as the world's vaccine -- it's inexpensive to produce and doesn't need super-cold storage l...
At some point, the U.S. is going to run out of people eager to get the vaccine, and we'll need to work hard to convert those who are still h...
On this week's show, we discuss what the endgame of the pandemic will be. It likely isn't herd immunity. And if herd immunity isn't the goal...
Coronavirus mutations have complicated our path forward. But that doesn't mean that our current plan out of the pandemic is futile.
Should you take a leftover vaccine? Should you pass up a vaccine if you think you don't need it as much as someone else does? We talk to bio...
Anna talks with Dr. Margaret Liu, one of the pioneers of gene-based vaccines, about vaccines that use mRNA to help us build immunity to COVI...
There are so many questions about a COVID-19 vaccine that we didn't know where to begin. So we began with you! We took to the mailbag to fin...
On the first day of Christmas, PODCAST-19 gave to me ... an interview with Dr. Fauci. Dr. Anthony Fauci stops by the pod to talk about post-...
Data has been such a valuable commodity during the pandemic. Unfortunately, at times data has been in short supply, because US government ag...
It feels like a cure for this pandemic may be in sight. But for many people, injecting a brand-new scientific discovery into their body won'...
Our producer, Sinduja Srinivasan, reports on long COVID, and how our health care system might cope with so many patients with ongoing sympto...
This week, Pfizer announced that its coronavirus vaccine may be more than 90 percent effective. Anna and FiveThirtyEight's senior science wr...
We talk with FiveThirtyEight's Nathaniel Rakich and Maggie Koerth about how states are trying to make it safe to vote in person this Electio...
Joe Biden says he can fight the pandemic better than President Trump. But is his plan really that different? And does it address what expert...
After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, President Trump was given the three experimental drugs: an antiviral, monoclonal antibodies,...
Today we learned that President Trump tested positive for COVID-19. In this special crossover episode, the crew from the FiveThirtyEight Pol...
As schools of all levels struggle to find a new way to educate students, universities, in particular, have had a difficult time navigating c...
On this week's episode of PODCAST-19, we discuss whether the FDA vaccine approval process can withstand political interference and how the a...
We discuss the news that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trial has been paused because of a severe side effect for one participant, and how t...
The U.S. doesn't want to participate in a global effort to find and distribute a vaccine for COVID-19. Anna talks with FiveThirtyEight senio...
On this week's episode, we explore what it means that people can get reinfected with COVID-19, and how we can still develop immunity to the...
Russia is the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for COVID-19. To do so, they've reportedly sped through multiple steps in the...
We were no match for extreme weather this week, but we'll be back next week!
This week on Podcast-19, we talk about lab-grown antibodies, called monoclonal antibodies, that could temporarily protect people from COVID-...
Who has access to COVID-19 testing in America? FiveThirtyEight and ABC News uncover some staggering disparities along racial lines. Also on...
Mask mandates have become a polarizing issue across the country, from Arizona to Georgia. So, where do we draw the line between public healt...
Anna Rothschild interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci about how the U.S. is doing compared to other countries, how American partisanship has influen...
How do you convey information about the coronavirus in a way that will compel people to change their behavior? As COVID cases rise in Florid...
Maggie Koerth and Kaleigh Rogers join the show to discuss the science of face masks, and whether we actually know anything now that we didn'...
Creating a vaccine for COVID-19 is just the first step. Policy makers and manufacturers then need to make a lot of it. So, who will be first...
A major medical journal reported that hydroxychloroquine harmed COVID patients, but a group of Twitter sleuths uncovered evidence that the p...
Black Americans are facing two crises: a pandemic that has an outsize impact on their community, and decades of police brutality that have s...
Plus, why have Americans retained their trust in science despite protests against its findings? And finally, the good news is poopy news thi...
One man's story helps show who is going uncounted in the COVID-19 death count. Elsewhere, there's some promising immunity news to share.
Without a vaccine, just how likely are we to reach herd immunity? Also, we hear some good news about COVID-19 antibodies -both in humans and...
Experts say that to fight COVID-19 we need to track every infection. But is it too late? Also, we investigate why the disease is killing mor...
And why are some young people getting so sick? Find out on FiveThirtyEight's new COVID-19 podcast.
FiveThirtyEight's COVID-19 podcast is laser-focused on evidence. What do we know about the novel coronavirus, and what do we know we don't k...