Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away?
Category: Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns
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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.
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How Did Covid Change Your Life?
The New York Times wants to hear from readers reflecting on what life looks like now, five years later.
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A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage
For over three years, long Covid has presented Joshua Roman with health challenges — and has indelibly shaped the music he makes.
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What to Know About Masks and Covid During Late Summer Travel
With U.S. Covid-19 cases at very high levels and new vaccines still several weeks away, we asked experts for their advice on when and where to wear a mask.
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You Tested Positive for Covid. Can You Still Travel?
With coronavirus cases on the rise, summer travelers are once again facing difficult questions. Here’s the latest travel guidance from health experts.
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Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open.
Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings.
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Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds
The New York Times – Business:An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more.
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No Increased Stroke Risk Linked to Pfizer’s Covid Boosters, Federal Officials Say
The New York Times – Business:An uptick hinted at in surveillance data was a mirage, the officials said.
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The ‘Tripledemic’ Has Brought Back Peak-Covid Fears and Social Tensions
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Just as masks were coming off and people were getting comfortable with prepandemic habits, the tripledemic has brought back some familiar fears and social tensions.
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‘It Doesn’t Hurt at All’: In China’s New Covid Strategy, Vaccines Matter
The New York Times – Business:As the government drops its restrictions, it not only needs to convince people that the virus is nothing to fear, but also that inoculations are essential.
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China Protests Over ‘Zero Covid’ Follow Months of Economic Pain
The New York Times – Business:President Xi Jinping’s unbending approach to the pandemic has hurt businesses and strangled growth, squeezing the world’s second-largest economy.