Seeing the virus up close helps us understand it. Support Vox by joining the Video Lab at or making a one-time contribution: The images of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that first appeared in humans in late 2019, were made using…

Send this to anyone who still thinks Covid-19 is basically the same as the flu. Support Vox by joining the Video Lab at or making a one-time contribution here: Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has similar symptoms to…

Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus. Support Vox by joining the Video Lab at or making a one-time contribution here: You’ve been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread of COVID-19. But why does…

If we can slow the virus down, it could save hundreds of thousands of lives. Read more about the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic at In March 2020, the World Health Organization officially classified Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus,…