COVID-19

In front of a podium hung with signs that read VACCINES WORK, Dr. Roger Mitchell of the National Medical Association speaks during a news conference on vaccine safety and efficacy with Senator Bernie Sanders, doctors, and public health experts on Capitol Hill on September 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

October 2, 2025

Science and Democracy under Siege: a Day in My Life

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

EPA Administrator Michael Regan in the foreground, looking pensive, with a diverse group of young people sitting in the background

The White House/Flickr

May 12, 2023

Roundup: A New Scientific Integrity Framework and Overstretched EPA Staff

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

a young person holds a sign reading "Our future's on the line" at a protest

Josh Barwick/Unsplash

March 15, 2023

What’s the Difference between Disinformation and Misinformation?

Sophia Marjanovic
Former Staff

A view of the US Capitol building in a snowstorm, through the haze of yellowish streetlights

Architect of the Capitol/Flickr

January 18, 2023

Roundup: Congress Passes an Omnibus Spending Bill to Mixed Reviews

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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November 15, 2022

Roundup: Congress Acts on Clean Energy But Has Much More to Do

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

a discarded surgical mask lies on asphalt

Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash

April 13, 2022

Roundup: Problematic COVID-19 Metrics and a Toxic Science Workplace

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

February 14, 2022

Stalled Build Back Better Act Risks Losing Billions for Child Nutrition

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

A worker sets up a plexiglass divider in an elementary school office in a Des Moines school as they prepared for a limited return to school in 2020.

Phil Roeder/Flickr

January 19, 2022

Roundup: Worker Protections Weakened as Omicron Cases Soar

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

December 16, 2021

Like Ebenezer Scrooge, Tyson Foods Gets a Visit from the Ghosts of Christmas

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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December 13, 2021

Gagging Scientists in Florida and Missouri to Hide COVID-19 Data

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels

December 9, 2021

DC’s Shifting Indoor Mask Mandate: Follow the Science, Mayor Bowser

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Yousef Alfuhigi/Unsplash

December 3, 2021

Omicron in Blackface: Racist US Travel Ban Scapegoats Africa

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Brett Jordan/Unsplash

October 19, 2021

Your Chicken Nuggets May Be Driving the Pandemic

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

The Focal Project/Flickr

August 25, 2021

Is Tyson Foods’ Vaccination Push Too Little, Too Late?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 19, 2021

Louisiana Policymakers: To Solve the Dead Zone, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Embrace Equitable, Science-Based Policies Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Klaus Eppele/Adobe Stock

July 12, 2021

COVID-19 and Eco-Pandemic Injustice

UCS Science Network

July 12, 2021

Just When You Assumed It Was Safe to Go Outside, the Delta Variant Strikes

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Kane Reinholdtsen/Unsplash

May 5, 2021

Putting the Politics of COVID-19 “Under the Microscope” via Podcast

UCS Science Network

Heart-shaped chicken nuggets on a tray of fast food

February 12, 2021

Tyson Foods Wants to Be Our Valentine. Thanks, But No Thanks.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A Navy officer treats a patient in an intensive care unit.

February 4, 2021

Roundup: As COVID-19 Situation Worsens, Election Results Offer Hope

UCS Science Network

Sign outside a retail location for COVID-19 vaccination

Baltimore County Government

January 28, 2021

I Got a COVID-19 Vaccine Early. That Shouldn’t Have Happened.

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Photo: vodograj/shutterstock

January 15, 2021

Long Overdue COVID Worker Protections Would Still Save Hundreds of Lives

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Jabbi/Wikimedia

September 11, 2020

El trabajo más difícil dentro del sector de la pesca no es pescar sino procesar el pescado durante una pandemia global

UCS Science Network

Jabbi/Wikimedia

September 11, 2020

The Most Dangerous Job in Fishing Isn’t Fishing—It’s Processing Fish During a Global Pandemic

UCS Science Network