The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased.
Children under 12 need different versions of Covid vaccines, but many pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices aren’t stocking them.
The vaccines are proven to help protect pregnant women and their babies. But regulatory chaos and mixed messaging have made for a confusing landscape.
The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.
As residents’ electricity prices have increased, nearly one out of five customers of the leading utility company in the state is behind on monthly bills.
Puede ser difícil navegar entre tanta información cambiante y contradictoria sobre las vacunas.
Some issues in the document, which is issued every four years, had become politically inconvenient, former officials said.
Or does he?
It can be hard to sort through the conflicting and evolving information about vaccines. Here’s the latest guidance on Covid boosters, flu shots, childhood immunizations and more.
President Trump has used his position of authority to dole out flawed medical advice dating back to his first term, when he mused about injecting bleach to kill off the coronavirus.
That’s often not been the case in recent years.
The streaming platform unveiled its plan in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee.
Physicians are having tough conversations about vaccines.
Después de que mi pareja de mucho tiempo y yo nos separamos, me compré un perro enorme y reconfortante. Pero en un momento de profunda tristeza, necesité a un ser humano.
“We should be thinking that we’re heading for more damaging changes.”
Public health advocates hoped that the measles outbreak might persuade the reluctant to get shots. That has not turned out to be true.
The advisory committee, which will meet on Thursday and Friday, is expected to recommend limiting use of some vaccines, including the hepatitis B shot for newborns.
Insurers suggested they would still cover routine shots even if a C.D.C. panel tried to limit them, as an influential senator warned against new restrictions.
Senator Bill Cassidy, the chairman of the health committee, said Americans should not trust a possible change to the childhood vaccine guidance.
The guidelines, from California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, mirror those of major medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was set to meet to review potential changes to federal recommendations.
Dr. Susan Monarez told senators at a committee hearing on Wednesday that the health secretary had hurled false and hurtful accusations about the nation’s health agency.
The state has led the country in adopting electric cars and reducing gas use, but it now faces much higher gas prices as oil companies plan to shut down refineries.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has hired longtime vaccine safety skeptics and scientists who are critical of Covid shots and mandates to make immunization policy decisions for Americans.
A meeting of a C.D.C. advisory committee could restrict vaccine access.
The number of comics and comedy clubs in the city has exploded since the pandemic. Students, Joe Rogan fans and ideological misfits are sharing the spoils.
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction.
The agency plans to highlight possible links between the shots and accounts of deaths involving children and birth defects to an influential C.D.C. panel meeting next week.
The Trump administration is rejecting basic medical knowledge and turning back the clock to an era when people were sicker and died sooner.
A fiscal watchdog group found that deterrence measures are starting to have an impact on the practice, which has surged since the pandemic.
“Charlie died for what he believed in,” said Jackson Lahmeyer, a pastor in Oklahoma.
Pharmacists will be allowed to give the latest vaccines to anyone over 3, rebuffing federal efforts to limit the number of those eligible.
The movement is tearing down America’s health care institutions. To what end?
While there is no evidence of a break between them, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has caused consternation among President Trump and some of his aides.
High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well.
By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency.
The British government condemned the remarks, made without evidence by the cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, at an event for the anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage.
The long, strange story of masking and law enforcement.
After my longtime partner and I split up, I got a big, comforting dog. But in a moment of deep sadness, I needed a human being.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it without a prescription.
During often tense exchanges, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his positions on Covid vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and autism.
Some Republican lawmakers have questioned whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent actions contradict pledges he made about vaccine access in order to win confirmation.
The health secretary fired the original committee members in June, replacing them with some who have been critical of vaccines.
The agency’s staff scientists pointed out how Covid was still unpredictable and posed a threat to toddlers, but the official decided to restrict shots only to children with risk factors.
Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In a post on Truth Social, the president suggested that the C.D.C. was being “ripped apart” over a question that was answered long ago.
Agency leaders sound the alarm.
The health secretary is endangering the lives of American people now and into the future.
The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views.
The selection of Jim O’Neill, a former Silicon Valley executive, drew objections from Democrats, who noted his lack of medical or scientific training.
There is a growing sense of despair inside the public health agency, which is reeling after mass layoffs.
Patients are flooding medical practices with reports of the telltale signs of Covid and questions about whether they will be able to get vaccinated.
The country’s largest pharmacy chain said it needed a C.D.C. panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low, some employees said.
Lawyers for the agency’s chief, Susan Monarez, insist that the impasse with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can only be resolved by President Trump.
The F.D.A. introduced new rules. Here’s what to know.
The agency’s fall recommendations underscore the goals of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit access to the vaccines, which he has long opposed.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation.
Los investigadores están observando un repunte de los casos, como todos los veranos desde que empezó la pandemia. Explicamos la razón.
Researchers are seeing an uptick in cases, as they have every summer since the pandemic began. Here’s why.
Giving up on mRNA is a dangerous decision.
Reflections on social cohesion and law enforcement can help policymakers reduce crime even further.
David Wallace-Wells and Emily Oster argue that the effects of MAHA will be long-lasting.
A $3 million settlement will be divided among 452 underpaid workers employed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the city comptroller's office said.
Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal officials may withdraw an endorsement for the vaccine in younger children.
There’s been a dangerous escalation in the science wars.
The system for compensating people injured by vaccines needs significant reform. But the health secretary could alter it in ways that ultimately reduce vaccine access for everyone.
In a neighborhood that appeals to people from both the right and the left, residents strive for a finely tuned state of political harmony.
A gunman who believed the Covid-19 vaccine had made him ill fired at the agency’s Atlanta offices, killing a police officer and rattling the public health community.
Employees expressed horror at a shooting at the agency’s headquarters, and some said they viewed it as part of a pattern of threats and assaults on health workers.
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 36, played a leading role in a scheme that stole more than $47 million from a program meant to feed children during the Covid-19 pandemic, prosecutors said.
President Trump’s laissez-faire approach is notable, given that the development of the Covid vaccine was seen as one of his first term’s most notable achievements.
President Trump has urged Andrew Cuomo to stay in the New York City mayor’s race. Here are seven moments when their paths crossed over the years.
While many officials and scientists embrace other parts of the secretary’s agenda, his stance on vaccines is alienating allies who fear a public health crisis.
That kind of shot was first used during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the health secretary has been sharply critical of the technology.
In a citywide campaign to curb a mosquito-borne virus, residents of Foshan face inspections and warnings for failure to comply.
The new report paints a sobering picture of immunizations as infectious diseases like measles surge across the United States.
He took on some of the world’s most challenging health crises in troubled areas, skillfully coordinating global efforts to reduce the spread of disease.
A rush of customer enthusiasm was not enough to save West Side Kids, a four-decade-old neighborhood institution battered by online shopping, Covid and tariffs.
Dr. Monarez, who has been the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since President Trump took office, was the president’s second pick for the job.
La urgencia de encontrar un cierre por la pérdida de personas queridas, nos ha hecho buscar en todos los medios tecnológicos una manera de comunicarnos con ellos.
From the director of “Midsommar,” a nightmare vision of our national descent.
A Times reporter reflects on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.
America’s public health institutions made mistakes during the pandemic, but that does not justify the Trump administration’s broad assault on health and science.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had ordered the dismissal of charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of selling bogus vaccination cards for $50 each.
The state’s life expectancy was lower in 2024 than in 2019, according to an analysis, but primarily as a result of causes of death other than Covid.
Experts worry that if vaccination rates do not improve, deadly outbreaks will become the new normal.
Ahead of the vote on Thursday, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the commission, appeared before the European Parliament to defend herself against complaints about transparency.
Linda Sun, who worked for two New York governors, is accused of steering contracts to Chinese companies to sell masks to New York’s government during the pandemic.
Mr. Cuomo, the front-runner in the mayoral race and former governor, has a long — and, his critics say, mixed — record handling important issues in the city.
To move beyond the current administration, we need to listen to one another and think beyond crude divisions.
Dr. Fiona Havers is influential among researchers who study immunizations. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific advisers crossed the line, she said.
Through Covid, protests, strikes and fires, the Independent Hospitality Coalition is helping local business navigate a volatile civic landscape.
Officials drastically understated outbreaks and deaths, depriving citizens of help, two U.S. research groups report, citing interviews with people inside North Korea.
The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug companies, too.
Plus, Trump’s military parade, and some advice for finding calm in the chaos.
Three of the health secretary’s picks to replace fired members of an influential panel that sets U.S. vaccine policies have filed statements in court flagging concerns about vaccines.
In a candid interview, former Mayor Bill de Blasio strenuously argued that former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo should not be elected to lead New York City: “He is a vindictive person,” Mr. de Blasio said.
The two front-runners in the New York City mayor’s race, Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, traded barbs over their records, immigration and a host of other issues.
The appointments of at least two of the experts are likely to draw an uproar from pro-vaccine groups for their criticism of federal scientists and the Biden administration’s Covid vaccine policies.
How to make sense of all the vaccine policy changes.
With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, agency officials view artificial intelligence as a way to speed drugs to the market.
A new study shows how the technology deployed in Covid vaccines helped scientists coax the virus out of hiding.
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo now faces a Justice Department inquiry over whether he lied to Congress about actions he took during the Covid pandemic.
El secretario de Salud, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., dijo el martes que la vacuna ya no figuraría en el calendario de vacunación infantil. La actualización de los CDC contradice su política.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the vaccine would no longer appear on the childhood immunization schedule. C.D.C.’s update counters his policy.
From the first winning word (gladiolus) to the use of fast-paced spell-offs, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has endured for 100 years.
Esto es lo que nos dicen los datos sobre los riesgos de la covid para los niños y los beneficios de la vacunación.
Here’s what the data tells us about Covid’s risks to children — and the benefits of vaccination.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the vaccine would not be included as part of the immunization schedule for healthy children.
The 38-story building in the heart of Midtown Manhattan will be turned into 1,250 apartments.
In a deeply personal speech, Ms. Adams, who is running for mayor, spoke about her father’s death from Covid in 2020. Mr. Cuomo “failed him” as governor, she said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to return the nation to a time when he believes Americans were healthier. Not so fast, many researchers say.
The shifting consensus says more about our politics than the science of Covid.
Agency leaders said there was evidence to justify approval only for older people and those with medical conditions. Many others may not be able to get the shots.
Air travel was supposed to be just one part of Niraj Chokshi’s assignment at The Times. But then the pandemic started a wave of news that hasn’t really stopped.
The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.
The federal government has taken a reactive approach to aviation policy, often leading to delays in modernization efforts and inadequate staffing and funding.
New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a placebo. But not all studies can be designed this way.
The ruling preserves, for now, billions of dollars in grant money for 23 states and the District of Columbia.
With new testing requirements, it’s not even clear how new Covid or flu shots can be made available this fall.
The chief executive of Carvana, which sells used cars online, said President Trump’s tariffs could help his company by increasing demand for its vehicles.
The temporary lowering of tariffs may compel some U.S. businesses to order goods that they had held off buying after President Trump raised them to 145 percent.
Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics.
We asked experts about how the technology works, its safety and its potential in medicine.
As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade.
The director of the agency’s Center for Global Health Services was dismissed a month short of qualifying for full federal retirement benefits, according to a lawsuit.
The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.
Dads started spending more time with their kids and realized they liked it.
Changes to federal health websites have raised concerns about their reliability. These independent sources offer an alternative.
The few domestic companies that still make protective gear for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.
A Republican House chairman renewed a request to the Justice Department to prosecute Mr. Cuomo for allegedly making false statements to Congress.
Timmy Reen bien podría ser un caso médico único: un hombre con un trastorno grave que trabajaba en un entorno impredecible y de alto riesgo, totalmente inadecuado para sus compulsiones.
Some physicians agree to patients’ requests for unproven treatment or altered vaccine schedules.
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.
Is it any wonder the country is revisiting faith?
For years, Timmy Reen tried to hide his compulsions and rituals from everyone at his New York City firehouse — until his secret was forced out in the open.
The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.
Only a small portion of the city’s restaurants have applied for permits to set up dining structures under new regulations. Owners say the process is complex and expensive.
The Trump administration abruptly cut states’ access to Covid pandemic funding for school programs, saying they’d had enough time to spend it.
D.I.Y. influencers indulge our most ambitious housing fantasies — and cash in on them.
A coalition of states sued over the Trump administration’s unexpected move to cut off the funds, which they said imperiled everything from childhood vaccination programs to opioid addiction treatment.
The case is among the last stemming from the 2022 trucker protests, which spawned many other criminal cases, lawsuits and a public inquiry.
El fármaco se ha convertido en una especie de símbolo de resistencia a lo que algunos en el movimiento MAGA describen como una élite corrupta.
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
An important lesson amid a measles outbreak in America.
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, what was once a fringe movement now controls the halls of power.
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
Rumors resurfaced of a relationship between Andrew Cuomo and his top aide, the latest reminder that the former governor’s record presents plenty of targets for his opponents.