Pandemic
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World
Hong Kong Tries to Repair Its Battered Image With Plane Ticket Giveaway
The city’s reputation has been hammered by protests, a harsh security law and strict Covid measures. It hopes a giveaway…
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World
The U.S. Must Help China Avoid Covid Catastrophe. Here’s How.
China rolled back its longstanding pandemic strategy “zero Covid,” which had protected the country for nearly three years, in early…
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World
Our History of the Pandemic Is a Mess
We are entering the fourth year of the pandemic, believe it or not: Freshmen are now seniors, toddlers now kindergartners…
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World
What TikTok Told Us About the Economy in 2022
From Barbiecore to revenge travel, social media trends gave us a clear picture of the forces reshaping the economy.
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World
Two Decades After 9/11 Inquiry, a Similar Plan for Covid Stalls in Congress
The 9/11 Commission prompted a national reckoning over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But some experts fear the chance to…
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World
Florida Lawmaker Charged With Pandemic Aid Fraud
State Representative Joe Harding, a sponsor of the law that critics have called “Don’t Say Gay,” is accused of illegally…
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World
China Has an Extraordinary Covid-19 Dilemma
More than one in six people on the planet live in China. That’s 1.4 billion people who have spent the…
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Health
One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?
Scientist have tested in animals a vaccine that may protect against 20 strains of influenza, helping to prevent another pandemic.
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World
This Winter It’s Battle of the Viruses
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, little was done beyond flu shots to counter the seasonal respiratory virus infections that circulate among…