EditorialA vial contains bits of gold that came from the creek Albert Fausel was prospecting in Coloma, Calif. on April 11, 2023. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialA vial contains bits of gold that came from the creek Albert Fausel was prospecting in Coloma, Calif. on April 11, 2023. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialA vial contains bits of gold that came from the creek Albert Fausel was prospecting in Coloma, Calif. on April 11, 2023. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialA vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 bivalent booster at a pop-up vaccination event for seniors in Chicago, Sept. 13, 2022. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
EditorialA vial containing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children under five at a clinic in Hatfield, Pa. on June 30, 2022. (Hannah Beier/The New York Times)
EditorialA vial of the polio vaccine at the ready, at a pop-up clinic operated by the Rockland County health department, in Pomona, N.Y. on July 22, 2022. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)