Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Biden Offers More Free Covid Tests Although Demand Has Slowed
The next tranche of tests should be available with a “pretty rapid turnaround,” he added.Public health experts said…
Covid May Cause Changes in the Brain, New Study Finds
Covid-19 may cause greater loss of gray matter and tissue damage in the brain than naturally occurs in…
Trucker Convoy Protesting Covid Mandates Slows Traffic Around Washington
Although the People’s Convoy was one of several groups inspired by the Canadian protests against pandemic measures that…
Back Slaps and Buzz Drown Out Critics at N.F.L. Combine
A week earlier, the players’ union had taken aim at the league and the combine, calling the event…
Truckers Protesting Covid Mandates Amass Outside the Capital
One group of truckers called the People’s Convoy that left California more than a week ago made it…
High Demand for Drug to Prevent Covid in the Vulnerable, Yet Doses Go Unused
Sasha Mallett, Sue Taylor and Kimberly Cooley all have immune deficiencies that make them especially vulnerable to Covid-19,…
China Outlines Plan to Stabilize Economy in Crucial Year for Xi
BEIJING — Plowing past global anxieties over the war engulfing Ukraine, China set its economy on a course…
In Glitter and Leotards, They Took a Stand: Brazil’s Carnival Must Go On
RIO DE JANEIRO — A young man sat alone with a beer and his tuba. One by one,…
Hotels Roll Out the Welcome Mat to ‘Super Commuters’
“That package has really been popular with suburbanites coming in from all corners of Chicago,” said Mr. Kelsey,…
How the Coronavirus Steals the Sense of Smell
Few of Covid-19’s peculiarities have piqued as much interest as anosmia, the abrupt loss of smell that has…
New Zealand Police Move to End Protest, and Violence Erupts
For more than three weeks, hundreds of protesters have disabled the center of New Zealand’s capital city, occupying…
Hong Kong, Buckling Under Covid, Leaves Its Most Vulnerable in the Cold
HONG KONG — For Chan Shun Ki, a cleaner at a construction site in Hong Kong, getting over…