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.

The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.

La KP.2 pertenece al subgrupo de las variantes del coronavirus que los científicos han denominado “FLiRT”. Los investigadores y los médicos observan con atención por si esta variante provoca un repunte en verano.

Michael D. Cohen spent time in prison for felony charges tied to hush-money deals, as well lying to Congress and tax evasion. He has been free since 2020.

Yet Zhang Zhan’s supporters and human rights activists who had followed her case said they could not reach her or her family members.

We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.

La vacuna ya no se fabrica, no se suministra y su uso ya no está autorizado en Europa. Los expertos aseguran que se debe a que no pudo actualizarse a las nuevas variantes.

The shot is no longer being manufactured or supplied, and it is no longer authorized for use in Europe.

A long-awaited new policy broadens the type of regulated viruses, bacteria, fungi and toxins, including those that could threaten crops and livestock.

The Chinese president this week will be visiting France, Serbia and Hungary. His trip comes at a time of tensions with many European countries over trade and accusations of Chinese espionage.

Miles de personas en Estados Unidos creen haber experimentado efectos secundarios poco frecuentes, pero graves tras haberse vacunado. Confirmar una relación, sin embargo, es una tarea difícil.

Thousands of Americans have filed vaccine-injury claims with the federal government.

Thousands of Americans believe they experienced rare but serious side effects. But confirming a link is a difficult task.

All vaccines have at least occasional side effects. But people who say they were injured by Covid vaccines believe their cases have been ignored.

The company had expanded quickly to keep ahead of rivals, but like other pandemic darlings, its business lost steam after lockdowns were eased.

President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.

The I.R.S. estimates that 940,000 people who didn’t file their returns for that year are due back money. The deadline for filing to get it is May 17.

Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.

After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.

Readers submitted small ways that the pandemic shifted their thinking for the better, or introduced a new joy into their life.

In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the program at some point.

Una nueva investigación muestra que las enfermedades hepáticas y otros problemas de salud vinculados con el alcohol aumentaron incluso más de lo esperado en las mujeres de 40 a 64 años durante la pandemia.

Originally charged after 190 decomposing bodies were found at their Colorado funeral home, the couple now face federal charges that they fraudulently obtained $880,000 in relief funds.

A dozen red roses is timeless. But its price tag is not. At Ditmars Flower Shop in Queens, where costs have soared in recent years, a bouquet is $72, up from $60 in 2019.

Prosecutors said Keith Berman falsely claimed he had invented a blood test that could detect Covid-19 in 15 seconds. His lawyer said he had put “genuine effort” into developing such a test.

New research shows that alcohol-related liver disease and other health problems increased even more than expected among women ages 40 to 64 during the pandemic.

Prediction markets say former President Donald J. Trump has a good chance of winning. So far, the stock market is fine with that.

Delivery-only operations boomed during the pandemic. Now Wendy’s, Kroger and mom-and-pop food businesses are rethinking their operations.

Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic years and securing funds.

Theda Hammel wasn’t always sure her varied résumé would include “Stress Positions,” her directorial debut.

The Justice Department said more than $1.4 billion in stolen relief funds have been seized or forfeited. But estimates of the total stolen run into the tens of billions.