The Covid-19 Pandemic

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world.

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    A tourist shopping street in Beijing last month.
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    Covid Is Coming Back in China; Lockdowns Are Not

    The authorities say that cases are up, and one doctor estimates that there could soon be 65 million cases a week. But China appears determined to move on.

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Vaccine

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    Riders, one wearing a mask, waited for a train at the Union Square station in New York City, as the federal public health emergency expired on Thursday.
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    In the early days of the pandemic, when there were no effective treatments for Covid and a new vaccine seemed a distant fantasy, health care workers were enrolled in a trial and inoculated with an old TB vaccine.
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    The C.D.C. said only about 43 percent of adults 65 and older had received their first booster shot.
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    The bivalent booster shots target the Omicron subvariant BA.5.
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    The decision reflects the Biden administration’s ongoing concerns about the durability of protection against the virus for those Americans most at risk.
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Maps and Trackers

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Travel

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    Mainland Chinese tourists at the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai district in Hong Kong, last month.
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    Travelers at Kennedy International Airport waited to check in for a flight to China earlier this month. China’s reopening has been slowed, in part, by geopolitical tensions.
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    Sunset on Boracay’s White Beach feels lively, but some worry it will tip back into being overcrowded.
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    A check-in line for a China Eastern Airlines flight to Shanghai at New York’s Kennedy International Airport last week.
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Economy

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    The Internal Revenue Service issued an alert on Thursday warning businesses about scams related to the Employee Retention Credit.
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    A meeting between President Biden and top Republicans did not produce a deal to resolve the debt limit standoff, but Mr. Biden opened the door to a couple of options.
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    The Federal Reserve said the financial sector could face risks from exposure to the commercial real estate sector.
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    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has struggled to retain bank examiners in high-cost areas like New York City.
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Lives We've Lost

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    Stephen Wilhite, the creator of the animation format known as GIF, received a lifetime achievement honor at the Webby Awards in 2013.
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    Sidney 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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    Hans Neuenfels in 2014. He was renowned for provocative interpretations of classic works.
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    The 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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    Arnie Kantrowitz last year. He was an early advocate for gay rights and fairer depiction of gay people in the media.
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