In 1906 in America it was first discovered that humans could transmit typhoid fever. This is a dramatization of the outbreak and a profile of Irish cook Mary Mallon, known as 'Typhoid Mary'. Quarantined against her will, the story reveals the newfound power of health officials to protect the masses, often at the expense of personal liberties.

Isolating himself in the Colorado Rockies, craftsman Grady Adams encounters a pair of beautiful furred animals that challenge everything he and a local veterinarian understand about the natural world, a discovery for which they are targeted by government forces.

"When COVID and quarantine came to New York City in 2020, Brooklyn-based photographer Josh Katz went up to his roof--interconnected with the rooftops of 16 other buildings on his block"--Page 4 of cover.

Mack and Avery Martinelli have the whole week at this charming Connecticut beach cottage to start their married life and enjoy their honeymoon. Then the pandemic enters in to interrupt their bliss, and life as they know it changes.

"A global pandemic has America under quarantine. In a run-down apartment building, with nowhere to go and nothing to do, five people--a philosopher, an academic, a filmmaker, a sculptor, and a philanthropist--come together, at first only for the pleasure of company. Then they find themselves in a ferocious debate about the obsessions that drive their lives and a ruthless quest to discover the secrets that brought them together. Their passions and...

The night of the plague follows sunset on April Fool's Day around the world. By sunrise, less than fifteen percent of the world's population is uninfected. The airborne disease is invulnerable to any air filter or disease barrier. The fifteen percent uninfected are still vulnerable to the disease as [it's] spread via bodily fluids. These are the stories of those just trying to survive. Airman First Class Caleb White, dorm rat, burned out on monitoring...

How can you talk positively with your children or grandchildren about living in a time of crisis such as a pandemic? Our lives have been disrupted in so many ways, whether through economic hardship, such as lost jobs or closed businesses, or emotional hardship resulting from the lockdown. For many, it has been much worse. Your loved one may be dying in a hospital and you can't even visit. Adults have a difficult enough time sorting through this situation....

When Charlie Guest gets dragged along on a cruise by his friend Martin, he thinks his biggest worry will be seasickness. But when an outbreak forces some of the passengers to quarantine in paradise, things take a decidedly different turn, especially after a body turns up in a pool. Everyone is a suspect.

This one goes out to all you castaways out there...whether on a desert island or a video call... Whether you're feeling marooned in too-close quarters with family or a loved one, are frantically dreaming up ways to escape from your own work-from-home island, or are simply feeling nostalgic for palm trees and sand, this hilarious collection of desert island cartoons is sure to make you smile. Curated by New Yorker cartoonists Jon Adams and Ellis Rosen,...