The Covid-19 Pandemic

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.

The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends on the arts?

A surge of new residents into Rocky Mountain states drove up home prices. The result was property tax increases of 40 percent or more for some of those already there.

How the pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education.

Narendra Modi has kept India on its swift upward path among the world’s largest economies. Many Indians are better off, though wealth gaps have widened.

Sus empleados afirmaron que las dificultades de la empresa que fabrica aviones no son nuevas, pero que se agravaron durante la pandemia, cuando perdió a miles de sus trabajadores más experimentados.

The company’s issues date back years, employees said, and were compounded by the pandemic, when it lost thousands of experienced workers.

Despite its thirst for Australian wine, China had taxed the imports in 2020 over a dispute about Covid-19.

The former superintendent and medical director of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts were indicted in 2020 on charges of neglect after many residents became sick and died.

Pemgarda, available in the coming weeks, is intended for immunocompromised people who are unlikely to mount an adequate response after vaccination.

The outgoing chief executive’s four years in the top job were marked by safety scandals, grounded planes, Covid and more grounded planes.

The social media movement is the latest sign that some of China’s young people are resisting the compulsion to strive.

Four years later, the shadow of the pandemic continues to play a profound role in voters’ pessimism and distrust amid a presidential rematch.

Los científicos que estudian la evolución continua del virus y las respuestas inmunitarias del organismo esperan evitar un rebrote y comprender mejor la covid prolongada.

Her music has quietly reappeared on the streaming service, two years after a departure over what she called “lies” about Covid-19 vaccines in podcasts.

Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid.

A report found that large firms pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors. It also concluded that some retailers “seem to have used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices.”

Incidents of student misconduct have risen in New York City since pandemic disruptions, though serious crimes in schools have decreased.

La investigación sugiere que el expresidente de Brasil obtuvo la idea de falsificar su cartilla de vacunación para viajar a Estados Unidos de su ayudante Mauro Cid.

The federal police accused the former president of falsifying his Covid-19 vaccination records.

Los expertos ofrecen consejos para reconocer las afirmaciones médicas falsas en internet y combatirlas en tus círculos cercanos, sin pelear con nadie.

According to a think tank’s analysis, another private college would attract the young talent that helps the city’s economy.

A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.

The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.

Experts offer tips for combating false medical claims in your own circles.

Four years after lockdowns and social distancing were implemented worldwide, four readers share their stories about their pandemic relationship regrets.

The rock musician removed his songs from the streamer in 2022 to protest coronavirus podcast episodes, but reversed course in light of the show’s wider distribution.

La emergencia de salud que cambió al mundo, crisis en Haití y más para comenzar la semana.

In her elegant essay collection, “Lessons for Survival,” Emily Raboteau confronts climate collapse, societal breakdown and the Covid pandemic while trying to raise children in a responsible way.

Patrick Milando, an accomplished French horn player, now splits his time between the orchestra pit and the cockpit, where he teaches budding pilots like he himself once was.

Hemos pasado, en solo cuatro años, del terror a la aceptación, lo que nos pone en un lugar extraño: ¿cómo pasamos página cuando el coronavirus sigue representando una amenaza para algunas personas?

Los científicos han desentrañado gran parte del comportamiento del coronavirus que desató la pandemia. A continuación, una mirada a lo que hemos aprendido.

And where things stand today.

Quizá lo que me está enfermando no es el amor que no he recibido, sino el amor que he dejado de dar.

We want to hear from readers on how your life has or hasn’t changed.

Eighteen people, including nine New York City public employees, were charged with joining a conspiracy that made ghost guns and defrauded a state Covid relief program.

As the fourth anniversary of the Covid lockdowns approaches, we’re collecting stories of the moments readers’ worlds shut down.

En la Asamblea Popular Nacional de esta semana, los dirigentes chinos fijaron un ambicioso objetivo de crecimiento: exactamente el mismo que el año pasado.

Media accounts of a German man’s extreme vaccination history spurred researchers to analyze his immune responses.

An N.Y.U. project examines the history of lynchings after the Civil War, including one in New York State.

Mr. Cuomo was accused of stonewalling a House subcommittee trying to interview him about his administration’s handling of nursing homes during the Covid pandemic.

At China’s big political show, nervous exchanges with journalists and the tightly scripted pageantry showed how Xi Jinping has centralized control.

At the National People’s Congress on Tuesday, China’s leaders set an ambitious goal for growth, exactly the same one as last year.

Now that federal pandemic-era funds are shrinking, states like Indiana are ending or curtailing programs that finance home care by relatives of seriously ill children and adults.

A new study shows that white-collar employees who can work remotely now live roughly twice as far from their offices as they did prepandemic.

Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections may return to daily activities if they don’t have a fever and their symptoms are improving.

Some relationships that were fast-tracked by the pandemic are now marred by regrets. Did you move in together too soon? Got married mainly for the health insurance? We want to hear from you.

Perhaps what’s making me sick is not the lack of love I have received but the love I have ceased to give.

Infection control lapses, severe staffing shortages and lowering vaccination rates have continued to plague many facilities beyond the pandemic.

La covid ya no es la misma enfermedad que desató la pandemia. Estas son las medidas que actualmente pueden protegerte.

Nuestra diferencia de edad de 19 años provoca chismes. También es lo mejor que me ha pasado.

In some districts, teachers are taking more sick days since the pandemic. A shortage of substitutes can make matters worse.

In this collaboratively written novel, Lower East Side dwellers get through lockdown swapping colorful tales on the roof of their scruffy building.

Según una propuesta, los estadounidenses podrían volver a sus rutinas tras un día sin fiebre. Algunos médicos consideran que el cambio sería riesgoso.

Our 19-year age gap feels treacherous and gossip inducing — and is also the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

JN.1 accounts for nearly all U.S. Covid cases. Here’s what to know about the risk of a new infection.

Americans may be advised that it’s safe to return to regular routines after one day without a fever.

The chancellor said the “school system is more than prepared.” But when it was time to log on, many students could not.

Much of the world has decided that most young children don’t need to receive Covid booster shots. The U.S. is an outlier.

Recibir vacunas de varias dosis en los brazos, en lugar de solo en uno, podría aumentar la respuesta inmunitaria, según una nueva investigación.

The condition is less prevalent among children than adults, but symptoms can disrupt their schoolwork and social lives.

Receiving multidose vaccinations in both arms, instead of just one, may increase the immune response, new research suggests.

In “The Secret History of Bigfoot,” John O’Connor explores a legend that refuses to die — and his own place in a disenchanted world.

Chastened by a series of economic downturns that punished the hospitality industry, state leaders are working to broaden the economy.

Una demanda acusó al estado de no proporcionar una educación equitativa a estudiantes de bajos ingresos, negros e hispanos durante la pandemia.

A lawsuit accused the state of failing to provide an equal education to lower-income, Black and Hispanic students during the pandemic.

Look up data from the first detailed national study of learning loss and academic recovery since the pandemic.

The first detailed nationwide data on schools’ recovery shows that achievement gaps have widened, with the poorest students the furthest behind.

The company is under pressure to show regulators and customers that it takes safety seriously and to reassure investors about its financial outlook.

The first two episodes of the show, which was filmed during the city’s pandemic restrictions, were released last week but were not available there.

An editor recalls moving to Seoul during the coronavirus pandemic and watching The Times open a digital newsroom in the city.

A widely predicted recession never showed up. Now, economists are assessing what the unexpected resilience tells us about the future.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to limit Boeing’s production of 737 Max planes could hurt airlines that are struggling to buy enough new aircraft.

The company has withdrawn nearly $40 million in additional funds from its endowment to cover expenses, but sees signs it may be emerging from its post-pandemic woes.

When vaccinations begin to lag, as they did during the pandemic, measles is often the first disease to resurge. “It’s the canary in the coal mine,” one expert said.