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    Many ‘Long Covid’ Patients Had No Symptoms From Their Initial Infection

    Many people who experience long-term symptoms from the coronavirus did not feel sick at all when they were initially infected, according to a new...

    Vaccinated Americans, Let the Unmasked Gatherings Begin (but Start Small)

    Federal health officials on Monday told millions of Americans now vaccinated against the coronavirus that they could again embrace a few long-denied freedoms, like...

    How Bad Was 2020 for Tourism? Look at the Numbers.

    Numbers alone cannot capture the scope of the losses that have mounted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Data sets are crude tools...

    Biden Cancels Visit to Emergent Facility After Times Report on Its Tactics

    WASHINGTON — President Biden on Monday canceled a visit to a coronavirus vaccine plant run by Emergent BioSolutions after The New York Times published...

    How Emergent BioSolutions Put an ‘Extraordinary Burden’ on the U.S.’s Troubled Stockpile

    A spokeswoman for Mr. Blunt said he did not intervene on the company’s behalf.Emergent executives, meanwhile, warned that there could be job losses at...

    Monica Alexis, Nurse’s Aide With a Calling, Dies at 83

    This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.Growing up in Trinidad in...

    Women Report Worse Side Effects After a Covid Vaccine

    On the morning that Shelly Kendeffy received her second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, she felt fine. By afternoon, she noticed a sore...

    Fully vaccinated people can have small gatherings indoors with other vaccinated people but need to wear masks in public, the C.D.C. says.

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited guidance to Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19, freeing them to take some liberties...

    Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are

    Another marijuana-based drug, nabiximols (Sativex), is available in Canada and several European countries to treat spasticity and nerve pain in patients with multiple sclerosis.Medicinal...

    Melee Near University of Colorado-Boulder Injures 3 Police Officers

    BOULDER, Colo. — A large gathering that turned into a melee near the University of Colorado Boulder on Saturday evening left multiple students bleeding...

    How to Play RPGs Online

    The streaming site Twitch has more than 100 channels devoted to Dungeons & Dragons. Critical Role, a live-play campaign executed by voice actors, has...

    Make Ice Ornaments At Home

    At the close of a bruising winter, find ephemeral beauty with these easy-to-make homemade ice suncatchers. These mini ice sculptures, which you can fill...

    Some Scientists Question W.H.O. Inquiry Into the Coronavirus Pandemic’s Origins

    Asked to respond to the letter, Tarik Jasarevic, a spokesman for the W.H.O., replied in an email that the team of experts that had...

    Some Elderly African Americans Are Hesitant About the Covid Vaccine

    BATON ROUGE, La — Flossie West was not at all interested in taking the coronavirus vaccine.Carla Brown, the nurse overseeing her care, was determined...

    Some LGBTQ People Are Saying ‘No Thanks’ to the Covid Vaccine

    So far about 54 million people in the United States have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and of those nearly...

    Restaurant Dining and Mask Use Linked to Virus Spread

    Even as officials in Texas and Mississippi lifted statewide mask mandates, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday offered fresh...