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Covid 19

  1. early and often
    shooting-US-UNREST-SHOOTING-EID
    Murder Rates Are Dropping Despite GOP ‘Crime Wave’ RhetoricTrump’s talk of “American carnage” fed by migrants and liberal prosecutors doesn’t match stats that show homicides falling in most cities.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. parenting
    Is a Sick Kid Better Than an Absent Kid?Health policies have grown more lax in an attempt to improve school attendance. Parents and teachers are split on whether it’s working.
    By Melissa Dahl
  3. early and often
    200,000 American Flags Installed On National Mall To Memorialize 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths
    The GOP’s Claim That We Were Better Off in 2020 Is So WeirdIt takes a special kind of amnesia or insensitivity to look back fondly at the year COVID-19 struck and the economy imploded.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. plagued
    Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends In The United States
    Why Is the CDC Now Treating COVID Like It’s the Flu?The CDC’s new “Pan-respiratory” isolation guidelines make sense to many public-health experts, but there could be some downsides, too.
    By Chas Danner
  5. affordable housing
    The Eco-Yogi Slumlord House Is For SaleBut you’ll have to win the city’s notoriously dysfunctional housing lottery first.
    By Bridget Read
  6. chapters
    The Busiest Basement in Jackson HeightsThe pandemic turned Nuala O’Doherty-Naranjo into an activist. Then the migrant crisis arrived.
    By Eric Klinenberg
  7. health
    The Cough That Doesn’t EndAll of New York is hacking. We sent Rachel Sklar on a mission to find out what can help — if anything.
    By Rachel Sklar
  8. first person
    Tom Scocca: Unraveling My Medical MysteryThe strangest things happen to other people’s bodies. Then they began happening to my own.
    By Tom Scocca
  9. plagued
    Yes, a Lot of People Are Getting Sick Right NowThe flu, COVID, and RSV are driving respiratory-illness activity up nationwide.
    By Chas Danner
  10. covid-19
    How to Order More Free Home COVID-19 Tests From the GovernmentU.S. residents can order four free rapid tests ahead of the expected seasonal rise in coronavirus cases.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Chas Danner
  11. chapters
    COVID Lockdowns Were a Giant Experiment. It Was a Failure.A key lesson of the pandemic.
    By Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean
  12. plagued
    What to Know About the Newest COVID Booster ShotsNewly reformulated boosters from Pfizer and Moderna have gotten the green light from the FDA and CDC and should be available as soon as Thursday.
    By Chas Danner
  13. plagued
    What to Know About the New COVID Mini-WaveCOVID metrics are ticking up across the country — and that now includes inside the White House — but there’s no need to panic.
    By Chas Danner
  14. medicine
    The Mystery of Long COVID Is Just the BeginningAt Yale’s clinic, medical sleuth Lisa Sanders is trying almost everything.
    By Lisa Miller
  15. the national interest
    Democrats Learned From Their COVID Errors. Republicans Didn’t.Democrats on school closing, Republicans on vaccines: a case study.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. the rent is too damn high
    Are the Landlords Bluffing?They say thousands of rent stabilized apartments are too cheap and too far gone to rent. You’ll just have to take their word for it.
    By Clio Chang
  17. early and often
    DeSantis Aims to Convince Voters That Trump Is the Real RINOThe governor’s strategy may seem strange, but it’s the path to victory in Iowa.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. design edit
    A New Infinity Room, Architecture for Ants, I ♥ NY Knockoffs, and More FindsPlus a COVID memorial at Greenwood Cemetery.
    By Diana Budds
  19. the national interest
    Where Is the Republican Soul-searching for Getting COVID Wrong?Fauci is at least answering some hard questions.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. wellness
    The Very Best Masks to Wear on an AirplaneDoctors, infectious-disease experts, and parents on the best COVID-19 protection for traveling.
    By Liza Corsillo
  21. plagued
    Is America’s Pandemic Really Over?With the official end of the U.S. public-health emergency fast approaching, things are looking pretty good.
    By Chas Danner
  22. plagued
    Was It the Raccoon Dog All Along?What to make of the latest evidence suggesting COVID had a natural — not laboratory — origin.
    By Chas Danner
  23. plagued
    Mad ScientistsNowhere is the lab-leak debate more personal than among the experts investigating the origins of COVID.
    By James D. Walsh
  24. reflecting
    Evangeline Lilly Thinks Her Early Lost Acting Was ‘Cringe’She’s still standing by her post about that anti-vaxx rally, though.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  25. the talented mr. santos
    There Is One Thing George Santos Didn’t Lie AboutOne of New York’s first COVID-19 cases is now a U.S. representative.
    By Nia Prater
  26. plagued
    The FDA Wants COVID Boosters to Be Like Annual Flu ShotsThe agency’s new proposal aims to simplify booster development and administration, but some experts are skeptical.
    By Chas Danner
  27. celebrity
    It Might Be Time to Mask Up at Award ShowsColin Farrell, Jamie Lee Curtis, and a few other celebs tested positive for COVID-19 following the Golden Globes.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  28. plagued
    XBB.1.5 Dominates New York COVID Cases, Rising NationallyThe newly emerged recombinant COVID strain is estimated to account for more than 80 percent of cases in the Northeast.
    By Chas Danner
  29. covid-19
    Ice Cube Lost $9M to Oh Hell No Film Because of COVID-Vaccine RequirementsHe would’ve co-starred alongside Jack Black.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  30. landlords and tenants
    ‘If You Can’t Exclude Someone, Do You Even Own It?’New York City’s landlords say they’re fighting for life, liberty, and the pursuit of eviction.
    By Molly Osberg
  31. plagued
    Has Long COVID Always Existed?The pandemic might not have spawned a new chronic illness but rebranded an old one.
    By Jeff Wise
  32. yikes
    Imagine Being Locked in a Disney Park for HoursAll Shanghai Disney guests were required to test negative for COVID before leaving.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  33. plagued
    What We Know About the New and Rising COVID VariantsThe next generation of more immune-evasive Omicron subvariants is beginning to take over from BA.5, including the fast-rising BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 strains.
    By Chas Danner
  34. vulture lists
    Now That We’re All Epidemiologists, Here Are 9 Books to Further Your StudiesHistories of how we’ve handled viruses in the past that just might give a glimmer of hope for how we’ll respond when the next pandemic arrives.
    By David Vogel
  35. covid cases
    Of Course Kevin Spacey’s Lawyer Has COVID-19But the show will go on.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  36. crime
    Inside the Ransomware Gangs That Extort HospitalsThey shut down patient care and put lives at risk. Would the pandemic finally slow them down?
    By Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden
  37. plagued
    The Big Remaining Questions About the New Bivalent COVID BoostersSome of the concerns are valid, others aren’t, but none should prevent people from getting the shot if they want to.
    By Chas Danner
  38. covid-19
    Should I Get the New COVID Booster?The FDA approved a new COVID-19 booster meant to target Omicron variants, but it’s unclear how effective it will be.
    By Katie Heaney
  39. plagued
    What to Know About the New COVID Booster ShotsReformulated booster shots have arrived. Here’s how they are different and who can get them.
    By Chas Danner
  40. american crisis
    Andrew Cuomo Can Keep $5 Million for COVID-19 Book, Judge RulesAfter an ethics panel previously said he had to give it up for reported improper use of state resources.
    By Justin Curto
  41. plagued
    Paging Dr. NormalcyAshish Jha, the COVID czar, wants to make vaccines great again.
    By James D. Walsh
  42. c-ovo-id
    Drake Dueted With Nelly Furtado, Got COVID-19 at October World WeekendPostponing the long-awaited (and potentially cursed) Young Money reunion.
    By Justin Curto
  43. plagued
    Biden Tests Positive for COVID AgainThe president is apparently experiencing a Paxlovid rebound infection, which happens to a small fraction of people treated with the antiviral.
    By Chas Danner
  44. plagued
    BA.5 Shows COVID Is Evolving Fast. Why Aren’t We Fighting Back?A long talk with Dr. Eric Topol about the BA.5 wave, next-gen vaccines, and why it’s long past time for the U.S. to get ahead of the coronavirus.
    By Chas Danner
  45. early and often
    Biden Is Officially COVID-FreeThe president will soon be putting remote work in the rearview mirror.
    By Nia Prater
  46. early and often
    President Biden Has COVIDAfter four days on Paxlovid, Biden’s doctor says his symptoms have “almost completely resolved.”
    By Matt Stieb
  47. plagued
    When Will the BA.5 Wave End?By every available metric, the surge of U.S. COVID cases continues to grow, and hospitalizations are now rising as well.
    By Chas Danner
  48. the return to the office
    No One Wants to Work for New York City AnymoreBlame the office, among other things.
    By Choire Sicha
  49. plagued
    What Is the Risk of Catching BA.5 Outdoors?More transmissible variants are more transmissible no matter where you are exposed, but avoiding COVID outside is a lot like avoiding it inside.
    By Chas Danner
  50. plagued
    The BA.5 COVID Surge Is HereThe worrisome Omicron subvariant, which is better at reinfecting people than any other, is now the most dominant strain in the U.S.
    By Chas Danner
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