HONG KONG – One person toiled at dozens of construction sites across the city. The other shopped in luxury stores and went skiing. Both got Covid. The movements of the two coronavirus patients in Beijing, which is trying to contain an outbreak before it hosts the Winter Olympics starting this week, painted strikingly different portraits … Read more
Many people in mainland China and Hong Kong will be spending the Lunar New Year at home this year instead of returning to their hometowns, due to strict Covid travel regulations in place. China is one of the few places left in the world still pursuing a zero-Covid strategy, putting a dampener on the annual … Read more
It’s easy to think that if your child catches Covid, surely the whole household is likely to come down with it too. So, why is it that some parents catch Covid from their kids, while others somehow manage to stay virus-free? After an initial steep fall, Omicron cases appear to have plateaued in the UK … Read more
Some NYPD cops who have refused to get vaccinated have a new February deadline to get the jab – or else they will get canned, The Post has learned. The updated guidance was detailed in a Sunday night letter from the Sergeants Benevolent Association to its members. The directive applies to new hires in the … Read more
New York City will offer free, same-day home delivery of COVID-19 antiviral medications, Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday — while dodging the question of when he might revoke the Big Apple’s various vax mandates. Adams said the oral antiviral pills are “proven to keep people out of the hospital, particularly whose who are at-risk or … Read more
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) moderates a panel discussion titled “COVID 19: A Second Opinion” on January 24 in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC (Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images) Ron Johnson has apparently decided that his best chance for getting reelected is to inject a full … Read more
A sign along a highway on the Navajo Reservation in May 2020. (Brian van der Brug/Getty Images) More than 18 months into the pandemic, the Navajo Nation was once the territory in the United States hit hardest from Covid, is now one of the safest. As early as March 2020, clan members gathered for a … Read more
On January 7, 2022, the day judges heard arguments against Covid-19 vaccination rules from President Joe Biden, people poured salt on the front seat of the US Supreme Court building. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s … Read more
Ohio National Guard members put on PPE as they prepare to perform COVID-19 testing at a testing site on January 5, 2022 in Akron, Ohio. (Matthew Hatcher / Getty Images) Is Omicron the friendlier, gentler Covid we’ve been waiting for? Less fatal and more like the flu? Mike Davis comments on the pandemic – and … Read more
As the year closes, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew looks back at what Americans thought of some of the biggest political and cultural issues of 2021. They play a game of “Guess What Americans Think” in which they share the opinions of Americans on a. guess variety of topics, including Elon Musk, Inflation and Britney … Read more