Growing protests in the world’s biggest manufacturing nation add a new element of uncertainty atop the Ukraine war, an energy crisis and inflation.
Category: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
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Business Travel’s Rebound Is Being Hit by a Slowing Economy
By the early fall, domestic business travel was back up to nearly two-thirds of its prepandemic level. But companies have now begun to cut back.
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A Holiday Season Divided by Inflation and Economic Struggles
Even if policymakers achieve a gentle economic slowdown, it won’t be smooth for everyone.
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iPhone Factory Protest Challenges China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Rules
Protests are rising as China enacts more lockdowns and quarantines, with no end in sight. The defiance is a test of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian leadership.
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Flu and R.S.V. Increase Demand for Antibiotics and Antivirals
An intense early flu season, coupled with a pediatric rise in respiratory illnesses, has left families frantically searching for medicines that are in short supply.
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How Noah Baumbach Made ‘White Noise’ a Disaster Movie for Our Moment
When the world shut down in 2020, the filmmaker found solace in Don DeLillo’s supposedly unadaptable novel — and turned it into a film that speaks to our deepest fears.
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Can Sensor Technology Help Keep Office Workers Healthy?
The company OpenSensors uses small, inexpensive sensors to monitor air quality and other conditions in offices. The timing couldn’t be better.
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Regional Airports Have Lost a Large Number of Flights
Small-market airports have borne the brunt of schedule cutbacks, with some losing commercial service entirely. That has travelers facing steeper fares, inconvenient routes or long drives to bigger terminals.
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Outbreaks Test China’s Efforts to Limit the Cost of ‘Zero Covid’
China wants to fine-tune its stringent pandemic restrictions to reduce the disruption to daily life caused by lockdowns. But officials are still taking few chances.
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What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?
Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action.