The Covid-19 Pandemic

John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon were the last presidential candidates to debate with no live audience during a general election.

Federal pandemic aid helped keep school districts afloat, but that money is coming to an end.

Two new studies suggest that the largest single federal investment in U.S. schools improved student test scores, but only modestly.

The Times’s science and global health reporter shared how the pandemic shaped her current reporting on viruses, including bird flu, which is seeing an uptick in cases.

Progressive publications have quoted extensively from Dr. Fauci’s new book, heralding him as a hero for his work during the pandemic. Conservative outlets have cast him as a villain.

An internal analysis conducted by the agency found that up to 90 percent of claims are potentially fraudulent.

Across two new books, the ideal of a global free market buckles under pressure from protesters, politicians of all stripes and the Covid pandemic.

Some voters blame the American Rescue Plan for fueling price increases. But the growth it unleashed may be helping the president stay more popular than counterparts in Europe.

In a frank but measured memoir, “On Call,” the physician looks back at a career bookended by two public health crises: AIDS and Covid-19.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was exploring whether to reinstitute a partial ban on face coverings in New York City over concerns about their possible role in hate crimes.

An audit commissioned by his successor said former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s decision to centralize the state response to the pandemic in his office was a “significant” mistake.

In a new book, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci recounts a career advising seven presidents. The chapter about Donald J. Trump is titled “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.”

Was the pandemic started by a lab leak or by natural transmission? We look at the evidence.

Fred Daibes, a real estate developer charged along with Senator Robert Menendez, began feeling sick during the fifth week of the corruption trial, delaying it for at least a few days.

The Met is approaching prepandemic levels of attendance. But its strategy of staging more modern operas to lure new audiences is having mixed success.

Small but mighty acts of empathy can help us assuage the feelings of isolation and divisiveness that followed the Covid pandemic.

The decision to shelve a long-awaited tolling plan was attributed to concerns about the city’s coronavirus pandemic recovery.

Hundreds of millions of voters are electing a European Parliament this weekend. The outcome will help tip the balance of the continent’s struggle between unity and nationalism.

The deadline for a new international pandemic plan was last week. So far, negotiations have failed.

The distress in commercial real estate is growing as some office buildings sell for much lower prices than just a few years ago.

Artists spoke to The Times about how grief and loss drive creativity. Photographs accompanying the text allow space for readers to insert their own emotions.

Ante un posible aumento de casos en esta temporada, preguntamos a los expertos sobre síntomas, pruebas y tratamientos.

Automakers and dealers are starting to offer discounts, low-interest loans and other incentives to lure buyers as the supply of cars grows.

Dr. Fauci testified before a House panel investigating Covid’s origins. The panel found emails suggesting that his aides were skirting public records laws.

González-Colón, congresista de la isla sin derecho a voto, derrotó al gobernador en funciones cuatro años después de que fueron compañeros de fórmula.

Representative Jenniffer González-Colón, the island’s nonvoting member of Congress, defeated Gov. Pedro R. Pierluisi four years after they appeared on the same ticket.

The coronavirus pandemic schooled the world in the essential role of global supply chains. Have we learned anything from it?

Leading off the summer season at Little Island in Manhattan, the choreographer presents “How Long Blues,” with T Bone Burnett and David Mansfield.

N.I.H. officials suggested federal record keepers helped them hide emails. If so, “that’s really damaging to trust in all of government,” one expert said.

He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.

Preguntamos a algunos expertos cómo averiguar la causa de tus síntomas antes de acudir a una prueba.

Reviving a Mao-era surveillance campaign, the authorities are tracking residents, schoolchildren and businesses to forestall any potential unrest.

Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.

The Chicago City Council is seeking the public transit chief’s ouster as the system wrestles with financial woes, sluggish service and crime complaints since the pandemic.

Over the past decade, many more schools started to offer free meals to all children, regardless of family income.

Columbus, Ohio, had only about 100 homicides a year. Then came a pandemic surge. With more guns and looser laws, can the city find its way back to the old normal?

Insurers are raising prices for insurance premiums steeply. Here's why, and why it matters for the economy.

Broadway is still recovering from the pandemic. A state tax-credit program has helped, but watchdogs say it aids some shows that don’t need a boost.

Years of vitriolic rhetoric, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, left Slovakia with bitter political division.

We made a block-by-block interactive map of the U.S. to show how gun violence changed during the pandemic. Eli Murray, a graphics editor for The New York Times, gives some takeaways.