The surge is being driven largely by an outbreak in India, where the authorities reported nearly 300,000 new cases on Wednesday alone.
The surge is being driven largely by an outbreak in India, where the authorities reported nearly 300,000 new cases on Wednesday alone.
Some experts insist it’s more important to track the time we’ve lost to the pandemic rather than the lives.
Half of American adults have received at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine. Now comes the hard part: persuading the other half to get it.
The state prison system is the only one in the nation where no one has died of Covid-19. But the strict lockdowns and quarantines that slowed the virus created their own problems.
The Food and Drug Administration issued highly critical findings from an inspection of the plant that was forced to throw out up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine and ordered to temporarily stop all production.
At least 22 people died from loss of oxygen in a hospital accident. Infections hit a daily record. And the government faced criticism for allowing an enormous Hindu festival to continue.
La languidez es una sensación de estancamiento y vacío. Se siente como si uno estuviera pasando los días sin rumbo, mirando la vida a través de un parabrisas empañado. Y podría ser la emoción dominante de 2021.
Aunque las vacunas han logrado que viajar sea más seguro, planificar una travesía se ha convertido en un proceso complicado.
Pasamos los días viendo ambulancias, mientras la COVID-19 arrasa con el país.
Passamos os dias vendo ambulâncias enquanto a Covid-19 assola o país.
La economía se contrajo casi un 10 por ciento el año pasado y el país enfrenta un ajuste de cuentas con el FMI con más de 45.000 millones de dólares en deudas.
A study found at least a third of Black and Hispanic New York City residents had antibodies after the first wave a year ago, but only 16 percent of white New Yorkers did.
Burned out and flush with savings, some workers are quitting stable jobs in search of postpandemic adventure.
The pandemic has wreaked havoc in the rental car industry, leading to a shortage of cars and sticker shock for travelers. Here are some tips for finding an affordable one.
Half of American adults have received at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine. Now comes the hard part: persuading the other half to get it.
Covid fuels the current virus pandemic, but the world is full of flu viruses waiting in the wings. And they keep changing unpredictably.
Covid fuels the current virus pandemic, but the world is full of flu viruses waiting in the wings. And they keep changing unpredictably.
Designers are finding ways to stay alive after the economic tailspin caused by the pandemic. But optimism and determination have returned.
With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine paused in the United States, the European Union drug regulator found that the benefits outweigh the rare risk of blood clots.
Assessing its future, both the bad and the good.
“We’ve known for a year that outdoor infections are extremely rare.”
Complacency and lack of preparation by the Indian government pushed the country into an unprecedented crisis.
We need dumb technology that does as little as possible and knows as little about us as possible.
We need dumb technology that does as little as possible and knows as little about us as possible.
A production of Benjamin Britten’s opera at the Teatro Real in Madrid highlights the difficult new conditions for British artists working in the European Union.
Of all his endeavors, singing was the most important. He had recently recorded a song that he hoped would be his breakthrough. He died of Covid-19.
The agency says the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine should have a warning for a potential risk for rare blood clots even though it believes the shot’s benefits outweigh risks. The agency did not recommend stopping use of the vaccine.
Companies are seeking to build, buy or invest in the sector, despite construction costs that are roughly triple that of an ordinary warehouse.
Tuesday: A guide to the debate over vaccine verification.
Being “online” in the pandemic, many chefs learned, meant much more than having an Instagram account.
We do know that researchers do not study menstruation enough.
An addiction psychiatrist’s counterintuitive approach to dealing with worry, craving and anxiety.
Along with comparison of side effects, there is pride, relief and merch.
Along with comparison of side effects, there is pride, relief and merch.
As disruptive as the pandemic has been, for the most part it hasn’t altered the underlying forces shaping where people want to live.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office on the repatriation effort last year said that poor training and bureaucratic infighting left Americans unsafe.
New programs for restaurants and live-event businesses will soon start taking applications as the Paycheck Protection Program winds down.
Officials are trying to determine whether the reports might be cases of a rare, serious blood clotting disorder. It’s unclear whether the vaccine was responsible for the original cases.
The federal report concluded that the evacuation of Americans from China bogged down badly as different divisions within the federal health department argued over which was responsible.
Mr. Albin put drugs, prison and biker gangs behind him, started a construction business and counseled prisoners. He died of complications of the coronavirus.
A reader says no other picture has captured our experience as a world since the onset of Covid. Also: Leave Karen alone; yoga as a path to wisdom.
The plan, initiated during the Trump administration, had been delayed after a political and public outcry.
Starting Friday, all New York City residents will be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History.
Older adults have been eligible for Covid-19 vaccines for months, but some still have not gotten a shot, and progress is uneven from state to state.
We spend our days watching ambulances, as Covid-19 rips through the country.
The expansion of the Javits Center is almost complete, but the pandemic has kept it from hosting events for more than a year.
The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.
Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont were the last states to expand eligibility on Monday. More than 131 million Americans have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The economy contracted by nearly 10 percent last year, and the country faces a reckoning with the I.M.F. over $45 billion in debts.
Las mutaciones de los virus son constantes, pero no siempre peligrosas. Sin embargo, necesitamos seguir con la inmunización y mantener una actitud vigilante.
Young people experiencing the body changes of puberty without being in school are facing a unique set of challenges. Here’s how parents can support them.
Will the shifts brought on by the pandemic, favoring online retailers over bookstores and established authors over new ones, change publishing forever?
A medida que algunas personas comienzan a deshacerse de las precauciones contra el coronavirus, los que esperan su turno para una vacuna dicen que tienen sentimientos encontrados por no haberse inmunizado.
Players and scouts adjusted their methods to account for the absence of a traditional combine in Indianapolis.
The curve of new cases may finally be flattening in Michigan, the hardest-hit state in the nation this spring, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday.
Aleksei Navalny “could die at any moment,” his personal doctors say.
As of April 24, entry into the country will be restricted, and those who qualify will be subject to a 10-day quarantine.
Institutes around the country will work to expand testing to enable safe reopenings and build trust in urban and rural areas, and among Native Americans.
Health officials say rising case counts are fueled in part by more contagious coronavirus variants, particularly B.1.1.7, the variant first found in Britain.
The eligibility expansion comes as vaccination appointments open up. The city remains at high risk for infections, but relatively stable.
Throughout the pandemic, the pope has often delivered the weekly address, prayer and blessing from the apostolic library, with no public in attendance.
Daily new coronavirus infections in the country have fallen from a peak of 10,000 in January to around 100 on some recent days.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he expected experts meeting at the end of the week to recommend “some sort of either warning or restriction.”
Though restrictions have been tightened a bit for Ramadan. critics say they remain too weak to stem the coronavirus surge.
Alaska is the 22d state to announce plans to vaccinate nonresidents against the coronavirus.
Alaska is the 22d state to announce plans to vaccinate nonresidents against the coronavirus.
What will it take to get the choir of Washington’s Skagit Valley — and the rest of the world’s choral musicians — back together again?
Consumer spending is up — way up! — as Americans grow more optimistic about the economy.
A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who’s actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
The Himalayan nation has given more than 60 percent of its people a shot. Some villages were reached by helicopter, and health workers hiked through ice and snow.
As vaccines become widely available and restrictions are eased, millions of people are flying again, raising questions about just how safe it is now to board a flight.
The coronavirus changed so much about our lives, including, for many of us, our bodies. It’s OK.
In a National desk project, people across the country describe, in their own words, how the pandemic has transformed the way they live, work and think.
Canada has inched ahead of the United States in new daily coronavirus cases per capita, and officials warned that worse is to come.
As their theory of how to move past Donald Trump, G.O.P. insiders have the governor of Florida.
The U.S. vaccination campaign’s race against the spread of variants — especially B.1.1.7 — is being hobbled by rebounding U.S. tourism and entrenched vaccine hesitancy.
The U.S. government invested $800 million in plasma when the country was desperate for Covid-19 treatments. A year later, the program has fizzled.
The decision reverses Trump administration rules and allows scientists to use tissue derived from elective abortions to develop treatments for diseases including cancer and AIDS.
The decision reverses Trump administration rules and allows scientists to use tissue derived from elective abortions to develop treatments for diseases including cancer and AIDS.
We asked readers about their life philosophies. We published a selection of their responses last weekend, and now are highlighting several more.
Qualms about the vaccines’ development are not entirely misguided. But we can make amends for past injustice.
“It just never crossed your mind that there would be so many dead in so little time,” said one man in Mexico City.
For homeless people, a place to live is life changing to a degree that almost no other intervention can provide.
The National Association of Realtors is advocating an end to a pandemic-era order meant to keep renters in their homes.
¿Afecta el pinchazo al resultado de las mamografías, los tratamientos de fertilidad y la menstruación? Los expertos responden estas y más dudas.
Japan, South Korea and Australia have inoculated tiny percentages of their populations. The delays risk unwinding their relative successes.
The coronavirus may help scientists understand why some people with common viral infections develop severe complications, like heart damage or blood clots.
A Times analysis found that willingness to receive a vaccine and actual vaccination rates to date were both lower, on average, in counties that voted red in the 2020 presidential election.
Players on 15 teams announced they would not attend off-season programming because of concerns about the coronavirus. Some may give up financial benefits in the process.
The disorder is rare, but so severe that the vaccine is on hold while experts weigh the risks and alert doctors and patients about symptoms and treatment.
Early in the pandemic, Britain had recommended against vaccines for pregnant women, citing a lack of research on side effects.
Canada inched ahead of the United States on new daily coronavirus cases per capita and officials warned that worse is to come.
Canada inched ahead of the United States on new daily coronavirus cases per capita and officials warned that worse is to come.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has surged to nearly 140 million as dangerous virus variants spread and countries race to provide enough vaccines.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has surged to nearly 140 million as dangerous virus variants spread and countries race to provide enough vaccines.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has surged to nearly 140 million as dangerous virus variants spread and countries race to provide enough vaccines.
Still waiting for your Covid-19 vaccine dose? Here’s one way to stay safe and keep cases down until your appointment.
The popular drink’s main ingredient, tapioca pearls, could soon be in short supply because of delays in unloading cargo ships from Asia.
The Showtime docu-series lets viewers eavesdrop on real-life counseling sessions. The new season looks at relationships struggling under quarantine.
For the director Gina Prince-Bythewood, seeing her movie premiere there or just a poster for it on display was a sign that her work mattered. News of the closure hit hard.
At her rural Alabama school, she was beloved by students, especially those with special needs, and by her colleagues. She died of complications of Covid-19.
Thousands of doses have gone to waste in Malawi and South Sudan.
“How can people in all conscience jump the line?” Prime Minister Mario Draghi said. “Knowing that they leave exposed a person who is over 75 to a risk, a concrete risk of dying, or a fragile person?”
Putting a risk in context: The rate of blood clots is extremely low, but the pause in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could reveal more cases.
In “The New Normal,” Dr. Jennifer Ashton explores the mental health repercussions of the pandemic and ways to rebuild our overall health.
Health concerns, expanded jobless benefits and still being needed at home are among the reasons would-be workers might be staying away.
Andy Slavitt, a White House pandemic adviser, announced a $1.7 billion plan on Friday to bolster the nation’s ability to monitor coronavirus variants through genomic sequencing.
The popular drink’s main ingredient, tapioca pearls, could soon be in short supply because of delays in unloading cargo ships from Asia.
Public health experts have said the move is desperately needed to help forestall another devastating surge of coronavirus cases.
Readers offer different views. “If it requires a mandate to bring this pandemic under control, the sooner the better,” one reader says. Another cites “personal concerns” about the vaccine.
Demand plus production delays have tightened the supply of new models. That means fewer deals. The only good news? Your trade-in may get a better price.
Khaleel Seivwright built himself a wooden shanty while living on a West Coast commune. Then he started building similar lodgings for homeless people in Toronto to survive the winter.
Cuando la vida se interrumpe por una crisis, algunas personas ven oportunidades (de cambio, acción, introspección) que, de otra manera, no tomarían en cuenta.
Khaleel Seivwright built himself a wooden shanty while living on a West Coast commune. Then he started building similar lodgings for homeless people in Toronto to survive the winter.
Jake Siewert led the firm’s post-financial crisis reputation makeover.
Pfizer’s chief executive said a third dose of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine was “likely” to be needed within a year of the initial two-dose inoculation, followed by annual vaccinations.
The pandemic sent 32 million people in India from the middle class last year. Now a second wave is threatening the dreams of millions more looking for a better life.
Roadblocks abound, but airlines, hotels and tour companies are trying to balance optimism with caution.
Paraguay desperately needs Covid-19 vaccines, which China could supply. That has led the South American nation to reconsider its relationship with Taiwan, which precludes it from dealing with Beijing.
Soaring retail sales and a sharp drop in jobless claims are the latest reflection of a quickening recovery and suggest a year of remarkable growth.
Here’s how to think about the federal investigation into rare but severe blood clots associated with the vaccine.
Americans don’t think the president deserves sole credit for the widespread availability of Covid vaccines, but they like the job he’s doing getting them distributed, a new poll found.
Americans don’t think the president deserves sole credit for the widespread availability of Covid vaccines, but they like the job he’s doing getting them distributed, a new poll found.
Climate change, technology, disease and financial crises will pose big challenges for the world, an intelligence report concludes.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said he hoped for a decision “quite soon” on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, as local governments shifted to more complicated two-dose vaccines for marginal populations.
Dosage supply appears on the verge of outstripping demand in some states, well before herd immunity can be reached.
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Many cannot produce enough infection-fighting cells to fend off the coronavirus. But researchers are testing one therapy that may help: monoclonal antibodies.
Injections of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine came to a sudden halt this week in the United States after a small number of rare blood clots emerged, though it is unclear if the shot was responsible.
Many cannot produce enough infection-fighting cells to fend off the coronavirus. But researchers are testing one therapy that may help: monoclonal antibodies.
The world’s traditional growth engine reported an 18.3 percent leap in the first quarter. But consumers and small business aren’t fully sharing in the spoils.
Vaccines do a good job of protecting us from coronavirus, but fear and confusion about the rise of variants have muddled the message. Here are answers to common questions.
Office space available for lease is at its highest level in at least three decades, according to a recent report.
Sure, the tax revenue is nice. But ….
Sure, the tax revenue is nice. But ….
Scores of appointments were canceled after the U.S. called for a halt on the use of the Johnson & Johnson shot. Here’s the story behind that decision.
Applications for jobless claims have been stubbornly high for months, but reopenings have bolstered confidence in a dynamic recovery.
The perfect refuge from Covid and cancer is a fictional town where nothing really happens and the diner is always open.
Despite dire predictions, the number of suicides fell by 5 percent over all. Still, smaller studies suggested the trends were much worse among nonwhite Americans.
A leading member of Japan’s governing party said the country might have to “completely cancel” the Games if coronavirus infections continue to surge.
Los CDC han reconocido lo que los científicos llevan diciendo desde hace meses: el riesgo de contraer el coronavirus a través de las superficies es bajo.
An advisory committee debated the very few cases of a rare blood disorder and worried about the suspension’s effect on global needs for a one-shot, easy-to-ship vaccine.
En medio de una profunda controversia, las advertencias occidentales sobre las vacunas AstraZeneca y Johnson & Johnson corren el riesgo de provocar una explosión de desconfianza contra las vacunas a nivel global.
The new prime minister is leveraging his European relationships and his solid reputation to make Italy a force on the continent in a way it has not been in decades.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer blamed a highly infectious variant and a lack of compliance with existing rules for the state’s alarming pandemic numbers.
A love for all things magical, spooky and cute informed the thousands of tattoos Mr. Audy inked in a 15-year career in Burlington. He died of Covid-19.
Over half of American adults have now received at least one shot, but resistance to vaccination among Republicans remains strong, two new polls found.