Is a Sick Kid Better Than an Absent Kid?Health policies have grown more lax in an attempt to improve school attendance. Parents and teachers are split on whether it’s working.
What to Know About the New COVID Mini-WaveCOVID metrics are ticking up across the country — and that now includes inside the White House — but there’s no need to panic.
Are the Landlords Bluffing?They say thousands of rent stabilized apartments are too cheap and too far gone to rent. You’ll just have to take their word for it.
Paging Dr. NormalcyAshish Jha, the COVID czar, wants to make vaccines great again.
ByJames D. Walsh
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Biden Tests Positive for COVID AgainThe president is apparently experiencing a Paxlovid rebound infection, which happens to a small fraction of people treated with the antiviral.
President Biden Has COVIDAfter four days on Paxlovid, Biden’s doctor says his symptoms have “almost completely resolved.”
ByMatt Stieb
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When Will the BA.5 Wave End?By every available metric, the surge of U.S. COVID cases continues to grow, and hospitalizations are now rising as well.
ByChas Danner
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What Is the Risk of Catching BA.5 Outdoors?More transmissible variants are more transmissible no matter where you are exposed, but avoiding COVID outside is a lot like avoiding it inside.
ByChas Danner
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The BA.5 COVID Surge Is HereThe worrisome Omicron subvariant, which is better at reinfecting people than any other, is now the most dominant strain in the U.S.
Welcome to the Next COVID WaveThe new wave fueled by the BA.2.12.1 subvariant might not be as big or bad as the last one, but there are still plenty of ways it can go wrong.
COVID Is All the Rage in D.C. Right NowMerrick Garland, Adam Schiff, and Nancy Pelosi all have it — and the House Speaker was maskless with Biden on Tuesday.