Pennsylvania’s governor announces a mask requirement for schools.
Pennsylvania’s governor said on Tuesday his administration was imposing a statewide mask requirement in all schools, becoming the latest governor to embrace a [...]
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Caught in the Crossfire Over Covid’s Origins
In the early days of the pandemic, scientists reported a reassuring trait in the new coronavirus: It appeared to be very stable. The [...]
1+1=4? Latin America Confronts a Pandemic Education Crisis.
SOACHA, Colombia — Already, two of Gloria Vásquez’s children had dropped out of school during the pandemic, including her 8-year-old, Ximena, who had [...]
The Cryonics Industry Would Like to Give You the Past Year, and Many More, Back
When an 87-year-old Californian man was wheeled into an operating room just outside Phoenix last year, the pandemic was at its height and [...]
Mixing Healing and Strife, the Met Opera Sings Again
On Sunday evening, 430 days after the coronavirus pandemic closed the Metropolitan Opera, the company returned. Members of the Met’s orchestra and chorus, [...]
India’s Covid-19 Crisis Shakes Modi’s Image of Strength
NEW DELHI — His Covid-19 task force didn’t meet for months. His health minister assured the public in March that India had reached [...]
How Mask Guidelines Have Evolved in a Pandemic Year
Officials offered mixed messages about masks in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic before embracing them as a simple but effective tool [...]
F.D.A. Expert Panel Endorses Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine
With this last hurdle cleared, formal authorization of the one-dose vaccine is expected on Saturday and distribution within days. By Carl Zimmer and [...]
Clinical Trials Are Moving Out of the Lab and Into People’s Homes
When the pandemic hit last year, clinical trials took a hit. Universities closed, and hospitals turned their attention to battling the new disease. [...]
The Sunday Read: ‘The Forgotten Sense’
Listen and subscribe to ‘The Daily’ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “Smell is a startling superpower,” writes Brooke Jarvis, the author of [...]