As parts of the United States settle in for what may be the worst weeks of their local covid-19 outbreaks, a familiar refrain is sure to emerge. Some people will…

After the COVID-19 outbreak, a museum suddenly finds itself in the spotlight as its now-online display on the religious and medical reactions to medieval plagues spikes in demand. BERLIN —…

On March 24, Timothy Wilson, 36, was shot and killed by the FBI as he prepared to attack a hospital in the Kansas City area where patients with the coronavirus…

Data on race and the coronavirus is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places. The…

JERUSALEM — By the time I married into the family, Bubby Bella’s reticence was pronounced. A survivor of Nazi genocide, Bubby had resolutely overcome it, posturing under large-brimmed hats while…

Jewish families on Wednesday will again recount the 10 plagues from the Book of Exodus. Only this year will be a little different. Religious ritual holds power not only because…

The most important factor in enabling the spread of pandemics in slums is the neglect of these marginalized populations by governing elites. Although the Covid-19 pandemic was spread around the…

On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, acknowledged at a news conference that he expects black people will continue to die of the coronavirus at…

There is an old saying that when white America catches a cold, African Americans catch pneumonia. Whether it was the Great Depression, Hurricane Katrina or the Great Recession, entrenched racial discrimination causes black communities…

Black Americans have more existing medical issues, less access to health care, and are more likely to work in unstable jobs — all factors that have made the coronavirus pandemic…