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Trevor Bedford, a Fred Hutch scientist, was one of the first people to explain COVID-19 to the public. Thousands of Twitter followers and a MacArthur grant later, he reflects on what he learned.
The pandemic presented new challenges to U.S. health care. Two experts discuss where the system failed, as well as the advancements spurred by the virus.
For the first in a series of conversations with statewide leaders, the governor discusses the challenges facing the state and how he has used his office to respond.
The New York Times' Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses how the project has become a source text for America’s racial reckoning — and the subject of major backlash.
In conversation with PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff, the president's chief medical adviser discusses recent data on the pandemic, the future of variants and political polarization.