Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Mounting Data Shows J&J Vaccine as Effective as Pfizer and Moderna
Roughly 17 million Americans received the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, only to be told later that it…
China’s Covid Lockdowns Set to Further Disrupt Global Supply Chains
BEIJING — Trucks are being delayed by the testing of drivers. Container rates are rising as ships wait…
Covid Restrictions Prevented Dengue in Hundreds of Thousands of People in 2020
Public health measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 had an unintended consequence across Latin America and Southeast…
Which Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work in the Youngest Children?
WASHINGTON — Over the past 10 months, as tens of millions of children and teenagers received the Pfizer-BioNTech…
A Plastic Factory Feels the Sting of Rising Energy Prices
Long before President Vladimir V. Putin unleashed his war on Ukraine, Mosharraf Khalid was already contending with an…
As the Omicron Wave Subsides, Travel Insurance Claims Crawl
Before the pandemic, Lauren Mack, 44, a writer based in New York City, “did not routinely purchase travel…
Covid Surge in New Caledonia, in the Pacific, HIts Indigenous Hardest
NOUMÉA, New Caledonia — Festooned with hibiscus flowers and woven palm fronds, scores of guests gathered for a…
Lockdowns Spread in China as Covid Cases Surge in Shanghai and Other Areas
BEIJING — Cinemas, theaters and museums have closed in downtown Shanghai, and tickets have been refunded. The vast…
New Vaccine Findings Pose Tough Questions for Parents of Young Children
For American parents, particularly those with young children, the last couple of months have been dizzying and beyond…
House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill as Democrats Drop Covid Aid
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a sprawling $1.5 trillion federal spending bill that includes a huge…
Uncertainty for Biden’s Covid Plan After Aid Is Dropped From Spending Bill
By May, she said, the current supply of monoclonal antibody drugs used to treat Covid will “stock out.”…
Hong Kong’s Covid Crackdown Empties Stores and Sets Off Exodus
HONG KONG — As the government in Hong Kong struggles to contain the city’s worst Covid outbreak ever,…