EditorialNaah Allotey, right, processes COVID-19 testing paperwork prior to testing a patient at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem on Dec. 22, 2020. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA library of coronavirus samples for gene sequencing at a University of Washington lab in Seattle on April 15, 2020. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Evergreen Health Medical Center in Kirkland, Wash., where the first person in the U.S. to die from the COVID-19 virus had been a patient, Feb. 29, 2020. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times)