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The Covid-19 Pandemic

After over two years of living with Covid-19, we are learning to adapt to a world with this disease. In the first two years of the pandemic, nearly 15 million more people died globally than would have been expected during normal times, and over one million Americans have died.

Highlights

    2. PhotoA woman receiving a Covid shot vaccine at a center in Soweto, South Africa.
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      Omicron: What We Know About the Dominant Coronavirus Variant

      Versions of Omicron are highly transmissible and less susceptible to vaccines, but seem to cause less severe illness and fewer deaths among those who are immunized.

      By Carl Zimmer, Emily Anthes and Andrew Jacobs

Vaccine

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  1. PhotoA 5-year-old girl receiving her first dose of a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Pittsburgh this year. So far, vaccines have been available only to children 5 and older.
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  2. PhotoA Covid vaccination site in Los Angeles in March. The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to authorize pediatric vaccine doses for very young children.
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  3. PhotoA vial of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at Altru Chemists pharmacy in Brooklyn last year.
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  5. PhotoStarting on June 20, Canadians traveling domestically will no longer need to show proof of vaccination.
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Maps and Trackers

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Schools

  1. PhotoJohanna Villa, a preschool teacher, reading with her class at Seward Child Care Center in Minneapolis in February.
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  3. PhotoDismissal last fall at P.S. 295 in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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Travel

  1. PhotoMany airline passengers, like those waiting to go through security at John F. Kennedy International Airport recently, are experiencing long lines this summer, as the number of passengers has increased and the system struggles to accommodate them.
    CreditJulia Nikhinson/Associated Press
  2. PhotoThe Times Travel desk started reporting changes to air travel rules the same week the W.H.O. declared a pandemic.
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  4. PhotoAt Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, passengers waited up to six hours in security lines earlier this month.
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  5. PhotoTourism in Bali, Indonesia, is expected to pick up even more as testing requirements are lifted for return travel to the United States.
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Economy

  1. PhotoThe U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
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  2. PhotoA Miami Beach mall last week. The Federal Reserve has begun to raise interest rates aggressively to try to choke off price increases.
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  4. PhotoResidents line up for humanitarian assistance provided by a German NGO in the town of Irpin, on Wednesday.
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  5. PhotoThe room where it happens.
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Lives We've Lost

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  1. PhotoStephen Wilhite, the creator of the animation format known as GIF, received a lifetime achievement honor at the Webby Awards in 2013.
    CreditJane Kratochvil/Webby Awards, via Associated Press
  2. PhotoSidney Miller II in an undated photo. His magazine, Black Radio Exclusive, examined the world of Black music and hosted an annual conference.
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  3. PhotoHans Neuenfels in 2014. He was renowned for provocative interpretations of classic works.
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  4. PhotoThe photographer and filmmaker James Bidgood in 2019. The pictures he took for men’s physique magazines were lavish fantasies full of references to mythology, adventurous lighting and props, and attractive men — sometimes in costume, sometimes in nothing.
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  5. PhotoArnie Kantrowitz last year. He was an early advocate for gay rights and fairer depiction of gay people in the media.
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  1. The Race to the Start Line: Returning to Running After Having Covid-19

    It’s not easy to tell runners to slow down when many of their goals are to speed up.

    By Talya Minsberg

  2. A Clunky Mask May be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste

    Experts say the U.S. government has unintentionally encouraged a dependency on imported masks by failing to promote elastomeric respirators, a reusable mask that is domestically produced.

    By Andrew Jacobs

  3. Japan’s Secret to Taming the Coronavirus: Peer Pressure

    The country has never mandated masks or vaccinations, but it’s evaded the worst of Covid, thanks to a fear of public shaming and the “self restraint police.”

    By Motoko Rich and Ben Dooley

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    N.Y.C. Becomes First to Offer Paxlovid at Mobile Testing Sites

    New York City launched the first mobile testing units in the United States that will immediately prescribe the antiviral treatment Paxlovid to people who test positive for the coronavirus.

    By Nyc Mayor’s Office, Via Youtube

  5. Vladimir Zelenko, 48, Dies; Promoted an Unfounded Covid Treatment

    A self-described “simple country doctor,” he won national attention in 2020 when the White House embraced his hydroxychloroquine regimen.

    By Clay Risen

  6. Partying in a Pandemic

    A look at New York City nightlife.

    By Jonathan Wolfe

  7. Ending a Decade-Long Decline, More Mexicans Are Migrating to U.S.

    The death of at least 53 migrants in Texas, more than half of whom were from Mexico, is testing U.S. efforts to enlist Mexico in deterring migration.

    By Oscar Lopez and Maria Abi-Habib

  8. London Modern and Contemporary Auctions: A Market Minus the Froth

    The prices — $36.9 million for Monet paintings, and $52.8 million for a Francis Bacon — show that even as Britain’s share of the global art market has decreased, it’s an important player.

    By Scott Reyburn

  9. Denmark’s Leader Apologizes for Botched Mink Cull During Pandemic

    The comments by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen came after a report called the government’s decision in 2020 to kill some 17 million mink over coronavirus fears illegal.

    By Emma Bubola, Isabella Kwai and Jasmina Nielsen

  10. How a Paramedic (and Memoirist) Spends His Sundays

    Anthony Almojera reports to Station 40 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where he cooks a family meal for his 12-member crew.

    By Alix Strauss