Tag Archives: Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns

The New York Times 11:07 pm on March 21, 2023
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Report of Wuhan Market Samples Found Covid and Raccoon Dog Genetic Material

In a much-anticipated study, experts described a swab that was positive for the coronavirus and contained loads of genetic material from raccoon dogs.

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The New York Times 1:19 pm on March 21, 2023
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‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the CDC as the Covid Pandemic Erupted

Current and former employees recall rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the new coronavirus.

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The New York Times 12:05 am on March 18, 2023
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WHO Accuses China of Withholding Data on Covid’s Origins

Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database.

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The New York Times 4:01 am on March 16, 2023
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Covid Worsened a Health Crisis Among Pregnant Women

In 2021, deaths of pregnant women soared by 40 percent in the United States, according to new government figures. Here’s how one family coped after the virus threatened a pregnant mother.

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The New York Times 4:01 am on March 16, 2023
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Pregnancy and Covid: What Women Need to Know

A pregnant woman is more likely to develop serious Covid-19 and to die of it. Several factors amplify the risks.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on March 10, 2023
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Here’s Why the Science Is Clear That Masks Work

A respected science organization says its review of studies about respiratory viruses was misinterpreted to incorrectly claim masks were useless.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on March 7, 2023
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Long Covid Patients More Likely to Have Gastrointestinal Problems, Study Finds

The study, which examined patients infected early in the pandemic, found they were significantly more likely than people who didn’t get Covid to experience lingering reflux, constipation and other issues.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on March 2, 2023
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Premature Births Fell During Some Covid Lockdowns, Study Finds

Nearly 50,000 preterm births may have been averted across a group of mostly high-income countries in one month alone.

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The New York Times 8:00 pm on February 22, 2023
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Is the United States Ready for Back-to-Back Pandemics?

America has failed to do all the things that might have secured lasting normalcy.

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The New York Times 2:22 am on February 1, 2023
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Republicans Assail Vaccine and Mandates With Misleading Claims

The House debated for hours on Tuesday before voting for measures that would end a public health emergency and a vaccine mandate for some health care workers.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 24, 2023
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Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds

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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The New York Times 3:08 am on January 22, 2023
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China Celebrates Lunar New Year After ‘Zero Covid’ With Caution

With strict Covid restrictions lifted weeks ahead of the country’s most important holiday, millions, joyful yet anxious, could finally travel and reunite with family.

#china, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #lunar-new-year, #quarantines, #road-trips, #wuhan-china

The New York Times 9:48 pm on January 4, 2023
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E.U. Urges Nations to Require Negative Covid Tests for Travelers From China

In a diplomatically fraught move, the bloc advised its 27 members to put restrictions in place as Chinese tourists prepare to return to global destinations.

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The New York Times 10:43 pm on December 20, 2022
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Mayor Adams Warns of Holiday Virus Risks, Encourages Wearing Face Masks

Donning a mask, Mayor Eric Adams urged New Yorkers to protect themselves against a swirl of viral illnesses in the city, including Covid-19, flu and R.S.V.

#adams-eric-l, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #new-york-city, #vaccination-and-immunization, #varma-jay-k

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 19, 2022
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From Zero Covid to No Plan: Behind China’s Pandemic U-Turn

After micromanaging the coronavirus strategy for nearly three years, the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has suddenly left the populace to improvise.

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The New York Times 3:27 pm on December 15, 2022
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The Coronavirus May Spread From Corpses, Scientists Report

Family members and health care workers should take precautions, experts said.

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The New York Times 8:18 pm on December 13, 2022
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Is There a New Covid Divide? Tell Us.

We’d like to hear if your choices around Covid have changed since the Omicron wave.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 13, 2022
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As Covid Spreads Fast in China, Beijing Isn’t in Lockdown. But It Feels Like It.

Almost no one is venturing out even after an easing of pandemic measures. Cold and flu medicines are scarce, but food supplies appear adequate.

#beijing-china, #china, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #shortages, #shutdowns-institutional

The New York Times 11:01 am on December 12, 2022
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‘It Doesn’t Hurt at All’: In China’s New Covid Strategy, Vaccines Matter

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.

#china, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #elderly, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 4, 2022
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China’s Struggle With Covid Is Just Beginning

Its zero-Covid approach has become a public health quagmire, but changing course is fraught with peril.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 29, 2022
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China Protests Over ‘Zero Covid’ Follow Months of Economic Pain

President Xi Jinping’s unbending approach to the pandemic has hurt businesses and strangled growth, squeezing the world’s second-largest economy.

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The New York Times 11:39 am on November 24, 2022
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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.

#apple-inc, #china, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #factories-and-manufacturing, #foxconn-technology, #guangdong-province-china, #guangzhou-china, #iphone, #quarantines, #xi-jinping, #zhengzhou-china

The New York Times 7:34 am on November 22, 2022
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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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The New York Times 2:27 am on November 17, 2022
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What Videos Show About the Extremes of China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Policy

A New York Times analysis examines the lengths China will go to eliminate Covid infections. Three years into the pandemic, China stands out in the harshness of its measures.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 10, 2022
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Masks Cut Covid Spread in Schools, Study Finds

In a so-called natural experiment, two school districts in Boston maintained masking after mandates had been lifted in others, enabling a unique comparison.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 15, 2022
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How to Stay Safe From Covid This Holiday Season

As our third pandemic winter approaches, you can mitigate risk without missing out.

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The New York Times 10:37 am on September 28, 2022
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Covid Boosters

Who should get a Covid booster, and when? We answer the big questions.

#coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #internal-storyline-no, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 10:24 am on September 11, 2022
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Want to Regain Parents’ Trust, Public Health Institutions? Be Humble.

Definitive statements on open questions isn’t the way.

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The New York Times 4:54 am on September 9, 2022
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China’s Zero-Covid Approach Explained as Chengdu Lockdown Is Extended

The country where the coronavirus first emerged is committed to going to great lengths to stop its spread.

#china, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #politics-and-government, #quarantines, #xi-jinping

The New York Times 4:01 am on August 31, 2022
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US Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Setback

The decline during the pandemic is the sharpest in nearly 100 years, hitting American Indian and Native Alaskan communities particularly hard.

#alaska-natives, #asian-americans, #black-people, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #deaths-fatalities, #hispanic-americans, #longevity, #minorities, #national-center-for-health-statistics, #native-americans, #united-states, #vaccination-and-immunization, #whites, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:25 am on August 19, 2022
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China’s Covid Lockdowns Strand Tourists

Tens of thousands of domestic travelers were stuck at their summer vacation destinations after local outbreaks forced them into quarantine.

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The New York Times 10:09 am on August 18, 2022
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America’s Pandemic Failures

The C.D.C. acknowledged it had botched its Covid response. It is part of a broader set of failures.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 17, 2022
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Covid and N.Y.C. Schools: Back to Class, and Finally Back to Normal?

The city Education Department has ended most Covid restrictions for students, although teachers still have to be vaccinated.

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #education-k-12, #education-department-nyc, #masks, #monkeypox, #new-york-city, #poliomyelitis, #teachers-and-school-employees, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 6:32 pm on August 4, 2022
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Here’s What School Covid Policies Should Look Like This Year

The crisis kids face at this point in the pandemic is not the virus, but the cost of so many years of disrupted school.

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #masks, #parenting

The New York Times 11:11 pm on July 25, 2022
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Omicron BA.5 Surge: 5 Ways to Stay Safe

The BA.5 surge is a reminder that we need to take precautions to avoid illness, slow the relentless cycle of new variants and minimize the disruption to our daily lives.

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The New York Times 11:28 pm on July 22, 2022
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Biden Learns to Live With the Risks of the Coronavirus

The president’s symptoms improved somewhat, a day after he tested positive for Covid-19.

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The New York Times 7:55 pm on July 22, 2022
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Nearly a Third of Gen Z Is Living at Home (and They Plan to Stay)

And among those who moved out of their childhood bedroom, a third are spending about half of their monthly income on rent or mortgage.

#coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #generation-z, #income, #inflation-economics, #real-estate-and-housing-residential

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 22, 2022
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Setting the Record Straight on Covid Variants and Reinfections

There has yet to be a variant the negates the benefits of vaccines.

#antibodies, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-omicron-variant, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #immune-system, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 1:33 pm on July 21, 2022
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Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On

Even in countries that once took strict measures, the authorities are relying on vaccination and past infections to take the sting out of Omicron subvariants.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-omicron-variant, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #czech-republic, #disease-rates, #europe, #france, #germany, #great-britain, #italy, #masks, #politics-and-government, #spain, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 12, 2022
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New Yorkers Drop Their Covid Vigilance as a BA.5 Wave Hits

Once among the most vigilant, New Yorkers respond to a highly transmissible new wave of Covid cases with the most New York of attitudes.

#adams-eric-l, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #corona-queens-ny, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-omicron-variant, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #deaths-fatalities, #disease-rates, #el-sadr-wafaa, #long-covid, #masks, #new-york-city, #northwell-health, #vaccination-and-immunization, #varma-jay-k, #weill-cornell-medical-college

The New York Times 12:00 am on July 8, 2022
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Can You Use Expired Medicine?

Plenty of us have medications that are past their expiration date. But are they still OK to use?

#content-type-service, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #newsletters, #research

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 24, 2022
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You Don’t Want to Wear a Mask? Do It for Hugh Jackman

Beginning in July, Broadway will no longer require audiences to mask up. Actors and theater workers aren’t loving the idea.

#actors-and-actresses, #broadway-league, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #jackman-hugh, #lupone-patti, #masks, #sam-rockwell, #st-martin-charlotte, #theater

The New York Times 4:45 pm on June 17, 2022
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Thankful for Mike Pence’s Courage on Jan. 6

A reader praises the former vice president; another reluctantly suggests pardoning Donald Trump. Also: Ukraine what ifs; Covid mandates; paid internships.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #house-select-committee-to-investigate-the-january-6th-attack, #internships, #pence-mike, #presidential-election-of-2024, #putin-vladimir-v, #russia, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #travel-and-vacations, #ukraine, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 3:12 pm on June 17, 2022
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What to Know About the Covid Vaccine for Little Kids

Here are answers to five common questions.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #newsletters, #parenting, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 1:36 am on June 16, 2022
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Why Kids Under 5 Should Get a Covid Vaccine

An F.D.A. advisory panel’s recommendation of vaccines for children in the youngest age group could not have come at a more urgent time.

#children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 12:38 pm on June 6, 2022
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He Helped Cure the ‘London Patient’ of H.I.V. Then He Turned to Covid.

Ravindra Gupta, who led the efforts that resulted in the second case of a patient being cured of H.I.V., was drawn into pandemic research.

#acquired-immune-deficiency-syndrome, #castillejo-adam, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #gupta-ravindra, #research, #visionaries2022

The New York Times 10:17 pm on June 3, 2022
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Covid Vaccine Misinformation Still Fuels Fears Surrounding Pregnancy, a New Study Finds.

Health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible, to protect both maternal and fetal health.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #kaiser-family-foundation, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #rumors-and-misinformation, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 10:20 am on May 31, 2022
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Why Masks Work, but Mandates Haven’t

Why haven’t Covid mask mandates made much difference?

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The New York Times 9:00 am on May 28, 2022
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How Some People Travel to the U.S. After Positive Covid Tests

Entering the United States by air requires a negative coronavirus test. Some people who can’t provide one are using a workaround: flying to Canada or Mexico, then entering via a land border.

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The New York Times 4:45 pm on May 24, 2022
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Why Covid Is More Likely to Spread At the Gym

A new study found exercisers expel a shocking number of tiny aerosol particles when they are working hard.

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