The Best Articles, Videos, and Newsletters in Coronavirus
The most useful articles, videos, and newsletters in Coronavirus from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Coronavirus Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Coronavirus by Refind users in 2026 so far.
Videos
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Exponential growth and epidemics
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Mask Wars | NEJM
This documentary video explores the controversies surrounding masks and mask mandates throughout the centuries. The changing perceptions of masking leading u...
Joshua Roman: How music helped me live through long COVID
An accomplished cellist, TED Fellow Joshua Roman has practiced his instrument daily since he was a child — until a severe case of long COVID almost robbed him of his ability to play. In an inspiring…
Glen J. Golden: Can dogs detect the next pandemic before it begins?
What if animals like dogs, ferrets, mice and raccoons could help sniff out the next pandemic? Exploring the science of smell, neurobiologist Glen J. Golden delves into the development of a "mechanical…
Giorgia Lupi: What long COVID taught me about life (and data)
Data isn't just about numbers or trends — it's about capturing the stories that shape our lives, says information designer Giorgia Lupi. Following a long COVID diagnosis, she tracked her symptoms…
Short Articles
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Did Covid really push some Italians out of the country’s cities?
The pandemic amplified a trend toward suburbanisation, particularly in Italy, where the search for more affordable housing and the rise of remote work encouraged an “escape” from urban centres.
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review
A doctor’s brilliant study of the dangers of overdiagnosis, from ADHD to long Covid
It’s World Immunization Week. How prepared is Canada if vaccines are needed for a new pandemic?
Vaccines have saved more than 154 million lives worldwide over the past 50 years. World Immunization Week is a timely reminder of important ongoing work on vaccines in Canada.
Why Corporate Profits Have Rocketed Upward Since The Covid-19 Pandemic
Between 2020 and 2024, the percentage of national income that went to corporations jumped from 13.9% to 16.2%.
Flying this holiday season? Here’s why air travel makes us so cranky
Instances of “air rage” are more common now than before the pandemic. What is it about air travel that cam bring out the worst in us?
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Coronavirus.
The Coming Labor Shortage Is Not Good News
An economist worries about what we’re learning from the COVID-19 recovery.
Inside COVID’s Ground Zero: Wuhan, China Before and After Mass Catastrophe
On my second visit to the site of the former Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, at the intersection of Development Road and New China Road, in central Wuhan, I wore a mask and a pair of sunglasses wi…
A Single Ray of Light: On Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” and Living in the…
“My first well Day—since many ill— I asked to go abroad, And take the Sunshine in my hands, And see the things in Pod—” —Emily Dickinson, 574 * When I was a child, I spent many long afternoons at J…
How Covid changed politics
The long read: Four years on from the start of the pandemic, the drama may have subsided but the lingering effects go on. Are we suffering from political long Covid?
The Truth About Long COVID Is Finally Emerging. It’s Not What We Thought.
The flood of patients never materialized. Why?
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