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Who Will Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First? Access Plans Are Taking Shape

Share this on WhatsApp Whether it takes weeks, as US President Donald Trump has hinted, or months, as most health-care experts expect, an approved vaccine against the coronavirus is coming, and it’s hotly anticipated. Still, it will initially be in short supply while manufacturers scale up production. As the pandemic continues to put millions at […]

Lessons for COVID-19 from the Early Days of AIDS

Share this on WhatsApp Thirty-six years ago, we were, like today, in the midst of a new and still somewhat mysterious global pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than one million people were infected with HIV, and 12,000 had already died of AIDS. At the time, we were just beginning to understand how the virus […]

The Lost Worlds of Soviet Space Graphics [Slideshow]

Share this on WhatsApp A new book captures the pioneering, propaganda-infused visions of mid-20th-century Soviet space exploration Outlook, issue 4, 1976, ‘Yuri Gagarin: Let’s Go!’, illustration by S. Alimov. The first track on the magazine’s accompanying flexi-disc record was a recording by Gagarin titled ‘Planet Earth is Beautiful’. Credit: Phaidon and the Moscow Design Museum […]