Category: Covid

In advance of a scientific meeting on Thursday, officials proposed offering new shots to Americans each fall, a strategy long employed against the flu.

Jacinda Ardern explained her decision to step down as New Zealand’s prime minister on Thursday with a plea for understanding and rare political directness — the same attributes that helped…

“This is not unexpected,” Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital told ABC. “You have indoor gatherings during a time when a lot of…

Covid hospitalizations have not surged so far this season.

What caused the about-face in strategy, and what does it tell us about the country’s leaders?

New government data shows that growth for the year fell far short of Beijing’s goal. With Covid curbs lifted but the pandemic’s course uncertain, hope and fear cloud the forecast.

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “Always be present in the flesh.” –C.P. Snow, The New Men Patient readers, this post was a little bit slower to arrive than should be,…

After China’s abrupt reversal of “zero Covid” restrictions, the nation’s vast machinery of virus surveillance and testing collapsed, even as infections and deaths surged. Now, the authorities face another problem:…

This month is your last chance to see hits like “The Music Man,” “Death of a Salesman” and “A Strange Loop” before they close.

The Communist Party’s efforts to limit discord over its sudden “zero Covid” pivot are being challenged with increasing rancor, including from its own supporters.