Her mother watched her heartbreaking downfall over three swift weeks, starting in mid-September, when Elvia began experiencing headaches.
New outbreaks used to be traced back to crowded factories and rowdy bars. But now, the virus is so widespread not even health officials are able to keep up.
After chafing against their isolation for so long, Australians these days are finding island life a privilege when pestilence lies beyond.
The sudden increase of time with their children has reminded some low-income parents of what they have been missing. “It’s an odd silver lining, but it’s there,” says Jane Waldfogel, a professor at the Columbia School of Social Work.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cabinet proposed the move on Saturday as medical experts warned that the virus would soon overwhelm hospitals if the government did not take draconian action.
El país espera que cuando la gente reserve sus primeros vuelos pospandémicos al extranjero, Islandia sea la primera opción. También pretende aprender del pasado reciente, cuando el número de turistas se disparó.
Overall, Russia’s health care system is coping with a fall surge in cases, but bodies are piling up in overwhelmed regional hospitals and morgues.
The crisis facing magicians is unprecedented. “It’s a scary, scary time,” said one.
Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz will fight on pay-per-view and in front of fans at the Alamodome. Two weeks ago, another big fight was not sold separately for viewers, and did not allow paying spectators.
Nursing homes set restrictions to lower risks, but Covid-19 has continued spreading in some homes, and residents are now grappling with consequences from isolation.
Inspire Brands, backed by Roark Capital, is assembling a portfolio of quick-service restaurant chains it thinks will withstand the pandemic.
The previous record for most cases in a single day was set one day before amid a spiraling outbreak. Case levels reached highs in almost half the country.
Canada’s public health experts are researching approaches to testing and quarantine that could make travel abroad more feasible.
Turner could not have been unaware of the pandemic’s severity when he insisted on celebrating his World Series win in close quarters with his Dodgers teammates. And Rob Manfred, baseball’s commissioner, can’t just blame one player.
Cruise companies must follow stringent health and safety protocols to be allowed to resume passenger excursions.
The C.D.C. has issued a conditional order toward certifying companies that can prove they can protect passengers and crews from the coronavirus. Actual travel by sea is still a distant wish.
The U.S. recorded more than 500,000 new cases and counted its nine millionth case.
Join us on a sonic journey back through the presidential campaign in preparation for Election Day.
Join us on a sonic journey back through the presidential campaign in preparation for Election Day.
Join us on a sonic journey back through the presidential campaign in preparation for Election Day.
Record quarterly growth inspires little joy as the threat of a double-dip recession looms.
A visual journey through the microscopic world of the coronavirus shows how masks provide an important defense against transmission.
President Trump called Laura Ingraham, a Fox News host, “politically correct” for wearing a mask during his rally in Michigan on Friday.
Instead of stilted, office-style Zoom sessions, families can use digital connections in creative ways to foster more meaningful relationships, experts say.
He railed against material excess, consumerism and fame, but made poetic and useful objects that influenced generations of designers. He died of the coronavirus.
He was a Republican fund-raiser from Michigan who became a White House regular and an ambassador to Italy. He died of Covid-19.
Patients with serious cases are spending less time in the hospital on average and are less likely to be put on ventilators. Fewer are dying.
“We cannot and will not allow our children and young people’s futures to be another victim of this disease,” the Irish prime minister said.
Many of Wisconsin’s swing voters live in and south of Green Bay, a region of old mill towns and farms burning with coronavirus infections and personality-driven politics.
A $700 million stimulus loan to YRC Worldwide has been the subject of an oversight inquiry.
China’s approach to keep Covid-19 at bay has helped restore confidence and allowed businesses to reopen. But it is a strategy steeped in authoritarianism.
The money grows tax free, and can act as a sort of 401(k) for future health needs if invested. But just 6 percent of account holders do invest the savings.
It may be tempting, one economist says, to think that if your side wins, the economy will be all right. But no matter who wins, it may not be as good or as bad as you think.
A committee that advises the C.D.C.’s director is working on a plan to equitably distribute immunizations when they become available.
Joe Biden has cut into President Trump’s edge among suburbanites and older voters, but his support from Latino voters appears weaker than Hillary Clinton’s was.
British voters who opted in 2016 for leaving the European Union seem ready to move on from the president, who is widely disliked despite his cheerleading for that cause.
Coronavirus tests are free, yet data show some wealthy neighborhoods are testing at nearly four times the rate of poor neighborhoods. Why?
Cases, hospitalizations and deaths across much of the country are the highest they have been during the pandemic.
Trick-or-treating is allowed in the city, as long as it's outdoors, but spooky traditions will look far different during the pandemic.
Test your knowledge of this week’s health quiz.
The different mix of jobs is a big driver, but there are other factors, too.
At a shipyard in Turkey, the boats, including some from Carnival’s Fantasy fleet, are being turned into scrap, even as the industry hopes to find a way to start sailing.
Trump unleashed our inner Scrooge.
Riders and revenues are way down at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Its bonds look risky, but some investors are tempted.
Some New Yorkers are trying to find a way to celebrate Halloween despite concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
His corrosiveness has caused friends to lose trust.
We need a better system of transferring patients to ensure the best care during the next phase of the pandemic.
Free lunch. Discounted parking. Learning pods for children. Some New York City companies are offering incentives to workers who are required to return to the office.
What it feels like to leave New York and land in a parallel universe of calm politics and good health.
The presidential rivals both appeared in Tampa, confronting their vulnerabilities and courting a range of voters, a clear sign that both see their political fortunes tied to the state.
Here’s what you need to know.
The star quarterback, who will miss this weekend’s game against Boston College, said he had “relatively mild” symptoms.
Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?
This year’s holiday season will be hard. But shared sacrifice will keep coronavirus outbreaks from spreading further.
With her husband, she founded Prairie Seeds Academy in Minneapolis, a charter school centered on Hmong language, culture and heritage. She died of the coronavirus.
For years, Republicans have made it harder and harder for Americans to vote. Is that strategy backfiring?
Survival rates among Covid-19 patients are improving.
Another pandemic holiday means another impossible decision between my health and my children’s happiness.
A decline in air traffic during the coronavirus pandemic sharply reduced the amount of data routinely collected by commercial airliners.
The Postal Service’s performance has not been as bad as initially feared, but handling of mail ballots has been inconsistent enough that some people are choosing to vote in person.
Covid-19 cases are rapidly increasing in more than 20 states in a dangerous surge one governor described as an “urgent crisis.”
Third-quarter growth set a record, fueled by federal assistance. But recent signs point to a loss of momentum in job gains and production.
A lightly populated area in the critical swing state of Wisconsin serves as a microcosm for the way coronavirus politics is worsening partisan schisms across America.
Europe’s latest wave of restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus have largely avoided closing schools. We take a look at why and how they are being kept open.
The outlook has not been much better for basketball than football. “I wouldn’t use the word ‘disaster’ because that would be too light a term,” Seton Hall Coach Kevin Willard said.
Sales of Halloween outfits and decorations have been surprisingly strong this year, with some seeing the holiday as a last hurrah before winter and the pandemic send people back inside.
A presidential order would almost certainly face a legal challenge. But if elected, Joseph R. Biden Jr. would have other levers at his disposal to make mask wearing a cultural norm.
The coronavirus sidelined the Colorado Rapids for a month. Other teams missed games, too. How does a league fill a playoff field when not everyone got to play a full schedule?
Gilead Sciences said Wednesday that remdesivir, which has been authorized for emergency use since the spring, brought in $873 million in revenues so far this year.
Why the G.D.P. numbers out today can mislead.
The coronavirus pandemic and new requirements in Republican-led states created voting obstacles for college students this year. Yet youth participation appears to be on the rise.
They came to work when death counts were horrific and the risks enormous. Now they fear for their jobs. At one home, they agreed to speak out.
China’s leader emerged from a key Communist Party meeting newly emboldened, outlining a road map for the country for years to come. Some have warned of overreach.
Echoes of the past are spooking investors.
The president leans into denial for his closing argument: This is your morning tip sheet.
In a monthlong trial it hopes will build confidence in flying, the airline will offer rapid tests at Newark airport and only let those with negative results board.
In a monthlong trial it hopes will build confidence in flying, the airline will offer rapid tests at Newark airport and only let those with negative results board.
They have long prided themselves on an efficient government, some say to the point of smugness. Ranking high in the rate of daily infections is forcing a reckoning.
In a letter to Alex M. Azar II, the health secretary, House Democrats detailed how a $265 million public relations campaign tried to bolster President Trump.
Survival rates have improved with medical advances and less crowded hospitals, studies say. But the latest record-breaking surge in infections could reverse the gains.
Awash in new firearms, cities are drawing connections between the stresses of the coronavirus and a surge in homicides.
Trailing in the polls, President Trump and his campaign are pursuing a three-pronged strategy that would effectively suppress the mail-in vote in the critical state of Pennsylvania.
How one researcher arrived at a figure of more than a million and a half.
How this president invaded our brains and destroyed American culture.
The pandemic-induced jobs crisis has fallen disproportionately on generation Covid-19, and the effects may be long lasting.
The Philippine lieutenant was slashed by a razor-sharp spur attached to the bird’s leg during a raid on an illegal cockfighting den.
In Israel and the U.S., this isolated community is thriving. The coronavirus pandemic has shown why this may be its biggest problem.
One of the most prominent Black-owned brands in American fashion said it could not survive the pandemic.
The president has continued to downplay the severity of the coronavirus and declare before largely maskless crowds that it is vanishing. The surge in new cases across the country says: Not so.
Government officials warned that hackers were seeking to hold American hospitals’ data hostage in exchange for ransom payments.
The S&P 500 was down 3.5 percent after France and Germany announced new lockdown measures, an unwelcome reminder of the recovery’s fragility.
Republicans in both states opposed the extensions. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who joined the court on Tuesday, did not participate in either case, saying she had not had time to fully review the briefs.
“Turner’s decision to leave isolation and enter the field was wrong and put everyone he came in contact with at risk,” the league said in a statement.
The president has continued to downplay the severity of the coronavirus and declare before largely maskless crowds that it is vanishing. The surge in new cases across the country says: Not so.
“This kind of blatant disregard for the well-being of others is not only extremely disappointing; it will not be tolerated,” a Long Island official said.
“This kind of blatant disregard for the well-being of others is not only extremely disappointing; it will not be tolerated,” a Long Island official said.
The court deadlocked last week in the same case, but Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who it was expected would cast a deciding vote, did not participate in the second request for review.
“Nonprofits throughout the country and the millions of Americans who depend on them cannot wait until after the election for relief.” Also: Helping coal miners; how the use of pens can help learning.
France and Germany reimposed nationwide lockdowns as cases surge.
Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, campaigned in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, and criticized the White House’s handling of the coronavirus and pushed back on Republicans saying she is pressing a “socialist” agenda.
The new steps are the toughest since the spring and follow added restrictions in Spain and Italy aimed at curbing the spread of the virus and easing the strain on hospitals.
On Wednesday, Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee for president, addressed President Trump’s rally he held in Nebraska that left his supporters standing out in the cold for hours.
In celebrating the Met’s 150th anniversary, Andrew Bolton of the museum’s Costume Institute could not have designed a better show for this strange, complicated moment.
The Big Ten football schedule did not leave any room for rescheduling games upended by the coronavirus.
Joe Biden is counting on voters to view him as a safe and steady alternative to a president who regularly dismisses virus precautions. But his measured campaign pace may be scrutinized if he loses.
A new report found that service cuts could cost the New York metropolitan area 450,000 jobs by 2022, resulting in $50 billion in lost earnings.
A Lithuanian collector is shutting his espionage museum in Manhattan after less than two years, citing the pandemic.
Public health officials believe many cases are going undetected as clinics close during the pandemic and testing supplies are diverted to coronavirus screening.
Anna Kaiser, the founder of AKT, sold her brand to Xponential Fitness before the pandemic. Now she wants it back.
Anna Kaiser, the founder of AKT, sold her brand to Xponential Fitness before the pandemic. Now she wants it back.
Just 26 percent of students have attended any in-person class.
Even before the pandemic, Social Security’s finances were under growing pressure. The next president and Congress will play a crucial role in what happens next.
His career covers more than 60 years, ranging from Pop to Arte Povera. A New York gallery has mounted a rare show of his work.
Highlights include Philip Glass at the Metropolitan Opera, the Seattle Symphony and the pianist Vicky Chow.
It’s rough for adolescents during the pandemic. Here’s what they’re going through, and how you can help.
Empty stadiums, player protests and Covid-19 outbreaks shook up the sport. Maybe that’s a good thing.
Newark required nonessential businesses to close indoor operations beginning at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Salons may open by appointment only.
Some cities put international travelers under strict observation for signs of coronavirus infection. Others barely notice when they land. Dispatches from seven arrival halls.
The coronavirus pandemic is Issue No. 1, and it’s transformed everything about how this election season has played out.
Many see the job as their civic duty, especially during a pandemic.
Runners must decide whether we feel comfortable racing in-person and, if so, how we can best protect ourselves and others.
*Just not in the United States.
When learning is virtual, Black parents can watch for unfair treatment.
In “American Contagions,” John Fabian Witt writes about how jurisprudence has influenced public health, from promoting the social good to compounding existing inequalities.
Just not in the U.S.
Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, emerged from its 111-day hibernation with a mix of euphoria and caution.
Because of concerns about the coronavirus, two of the three top junior leagues have yet to start their seasons. One of them may be allowed to resume only if it bans body checking.
The Tanzanian president is nicknamed “the Bulldozer,” and he has brooked little dissent as he seeks a second term.
The Supreme Court justice’s suggestion that ballots arriving after Election Day could “flip the results” left voting rights activists concerned about how the court might rule in postelection fights.
After leaving the game, which the Dodgers won to clinch the World Series, Turner was allowed to return to the field for postgame celebrations.
The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus has climbed significantly from a month ago, straining cities that have fewer resources to weather the surges.
The gloves were headed for hospitals battling the pandemic.
Proposition 13 in 1978 curbed property tax increases. Now voters may strip protection for commercial buildings, helping hard-hit local budgets.
Hospitalizations are on the rise, straining cities that have fewer resources to weather the surges.
Dubious stories about George Soros, Ukraine and vote-by-mail have spread widely on social media this year, and we may just be warming up.
President Trump lashed out at Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, during his rally in Lansing, Mich. Tuesday criticizing her for imposing too many restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Public backing for the efforts of the country’s health service is eroding amid a lack of a clear government policy to deal with the pandemic, many medical workers say.
After a career in the classroom, she died before she could spend her first retirement check. Her battle with Covid-19 taught family and friends a lesson in fortitude.
Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.
Pfizer’s C.E.O. said on Tuesday that much-anticipated results from its vaccine trial would not be coming this month, after all.
My grandfather devoted hours of his life to the game, and now I can see why.
Pfizer’s C.E.O. said on Tuesday that much-anticipated results from its vaccine trial would not be coming this month, after all.