The Covid-19 Pandemic (2024)

Highlights F.D.A. Advisers Recommend a New Covid Vaccine Formula for the Fall New Report Underscores the Seriousness of Long Covid A Guide to Managing Covid This Summer There’s a New Covid Variant. What Will That Mean for Spring and Summer? Vaccine What to Know About the New Covid Shots The updated shots are now available in the U.S. Here’s who should get them and what to expect. Don’t Get Your Next Covid Booster Quite Yet A new formulation is coming, and there are two main reasons to wait for it. Covid Cautions Continue for Some, Even as Federal Emergency Ends While mandates and lockdowns are long gone, the virus isn’t and, for some Americans, neither are masks. A Century-Old Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Covid Early in the pandemic, scientists began testing an old TB vaccine against the coronavirus. But the trial enrolled fewer participants than expected as new Covid vaccines were introduced, and no discernible effect was found. U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters Older Americans and those with weakened immune systems, groups still particularly vulnerable to the virus, may receive additional shots of the reformulated vaccine, federal officials said. Maps and Trackers Track Covid-19 in Places Important to You Build your own dashboard to track the virus in places across the United States. Track Covid-19 in the U.S. Track the virus in your area, and get the latest state and county data on hospitalizations, cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations. How Nine Covid-19 Vaccines Work See how the leading vaccines train the immune system to fight the virus. Charting a Coronavirus Infection Following the course of a typical Covid-19 case. Travel A Showdown Pits Owners of Second Homes Against Full-Time Residents The pandemic upset a delicate balance of part-time and full-time residents in a community in the Poconos, sparking a debate over short-term rentals. The Big Number: 18% Surveys this month found that domestic flight prices for holiday travel were substantially down from a year ago. Sharp Drop in Airfares Cheers Inflation-Weary Travelers Airlines are starting to offer bargain prices, including to popular overseas destinations like Paris, a sign that they are fighting to fill planes. Blinken’s Toughest Challenge Might Not Be Coups but Passport Delays The secretary of state has been bombarded with complaints about a huge backlog of passport applications, largely related to pandemic disruptions. Look at the Stocks Leading the Market Now Devastated at the height of the pandemic, cruise lines have become top performers. Latest