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    Managing Pandemic Health Risks on College Campuses

    Eating on the RunCampus dining halls will continue to offer meals, but dine-in options will be limited and may require reservations. The alternative will...

    One I.C.U., Five Patients: A Different View of the Virus’s Toll

    Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.A hospital is an invaluable...

    Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Reports Nearly 1,500 Daily Deaths, Reflecting Continued Toll of Summer Surge

    Key Data of the DayThe U.S. reports its highest single-day virus death toll of the month.Officials across the United States reported at least 1,470...

    Coronavirus Live Updates: New Zealand Races to Trace Source of New Outbreak

    Distrust of the president hardened the conviction of some educators that teaching in person was unsafe.In June, as the coronavirus crisis appeared to hit...

    New Jersey Gym Owners Are Desperate to Reopen

    In an act of defiance, Joe Logue, a retired Marine, affixed a military gas mask and headphones before beginning his chest-and-arm workout at a...

    With Less Breastfeeding Support, Mothers Are Turning to Online Help

    “I’m not really an online person,” Taveras said.The American Academy of Pediatrics, or A.A.P., suggests that women exclusively breastfeed for the first six months,...

    Living Near an Airport May Raise Risks of Preterm Birth

    Living near an airport may increase the risk for preterm birth, a new study has found.Air pollution is usually measured in volumes of small...

    Whether You Are a Night Owl or Early Bird May Affect How Much You Move

    People who are evening types go to bed later and wake up later than morning types. They also tend to move around far less...

    On Native American Land, Contact Tracing Is Saving Lives

    The coronavirus is raging through the White Mountain Apache tribe. Spread across a large reservation in eastern Arizona, the Apaches have been infected at...

    He Was an Active Guy. Suddenly His Legs Ached After a Few Blocks.

    Follow the InflammationDr. Hannah Rosenblum was the physician in charge of the team caring for the patient in the hospital. As she entered his...

    11 Supposedly Fun Things We’ll Never Do the Same Way Again

    Early in the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said something that grabbed a lot of attention: Handshakes should become...

    The Nation Wanted to Eat Out Again. Everyone Has Paid the Price.

    Contact-tracing can help keep restaurant outbreaks at bay, experts say, but only in places without widespread infections. “I like to think that due to...

    Infertility Was Distressing. The Military Made It Even More Complicated.

    We made a ritual of it. My husband would perform his sacred duty while I waited in the lobby, and then we would head...

    Russia Approves Coronavirus Vaccine Before Completing Tests

    MOSCOW — Russia has become the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus, President Vladimir V. Putin announced on...

    When Things Aren’t OK With a Child’s Mental Health

    Dr. Spinks-Franklin suggested a free downloadable ebook about coronavirus for children, put out in collaboration with the American Psychological Association. “I actually read that...

    How Russia’s Rushed Covid-19 Vaccine Could Backfire

    When Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that Russia had approved a coronavirus vaccine — with no evidence from large-scale clinical trials — vaccine experts were...