EditorialDr. Ravindra Gupta, left, and his Dr. Bo Meng in a research laboratory looking at samples of the coronavirus that their team have been analyzing, at the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre in Cambridge, England on Jan. 14 2021. (Mary Turner/The New York Times)
EditorialMuti Arintawati, director of the Ulema Council’s Food, Drug and Cosmetic Analysis Agency, at the Global Halal Center in Bogor, near Jakarta, Indonesia, on Dec. 31, 2020. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump greets supporters after arriving to campaign in Minneapolis, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialA flow cell used for sequencing the coronavirus at a lab in Seattle, April 15, 2020. Analyzing a virus’s genetic code lets researchers track its mutations. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialA flow cell used for sequencing the coronavirus at a lab in Seattle, April 15, 2020. Analyzing a virus’s genetic code lets researchers track its mutations. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)