The coronavirus pandemic appears to have unleashed a tidal wave of entrepreneurial activity, breaking the United States — at least temporarily — out of a decades-long start-up slump. Americans filed paperwork to start 4.3 million businesses last year, according to
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The largest U.S. teacher’s union announces support for vaccination or testing for educators.
The nation’s largest teachers’ union on Thursday offered its support to policies that would require all teachers to get vaccinated against Covid or submit to regular testing. It is the latest in a rapid series of shifts that could make
Opinion | We Studied One Million Students. Universal Masking Works.
By Kanecia Zimmerman and Danny Benjamin Jr. Dr. Zimmerman is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Benjamin is a pediatric-infectious-disease specialist at Duke Health. Big questions loom over the upcoming back-to-school season: Should
A U.S. scientist settled his federal whistle-blowing complaint over Covid treatments.
Rick Bright, the virologist who claimed the Trump administration retaliated against him last year by ousting him from his job, has settled his whistle-blower complaint against the federal government and will receive back pay and compensation for “emotional stress and
White flags along the National Mall will mark more than 600,000 U.S. Covid deaths.
Hundreds of thousands of white flags will be planted along the National Mall in Washington in September to memorialize the more than 600,000 people who have died from Covid-19 in the United States. For two weeks, from Sept. 17 to
Opinion | Anthony Fauci on the Lab Leak Theory and Emailing Mark Zuckerberg
America’s chief immunologist claps back. Produced by ‘Sway’ Anthony Fauci doesn’t have a Twitter account. But he does have a lot to say about the recent scrutiny following the release of his emails from 2020 — an especially busy time
Opinion | How Communities Can Address Vaccine Hesitancy
More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Those Holding Us Back From Full Vaccination” (Opinion, May 22): Sema K. Sgaier outlines the four different “personas” of vaccine-hesitant Americans, arguing that to address reluctance, “we need to go county by
Opinion | ‘After 15 Months, a Milestone’: The C.D.C.’s New Guidance on Masks
Readers express both relief and concerns. To the Editor: Re “Fully Vaccinated Can Shed Masks, C.D.C. Says” (front page, May 14): After 15 months, a milestone has been reached. Those of us who have been fully vaccinated are now getting
Europe upgrades its economic outlook as British economy rebounds.
By Eshe Nelson The economic outlook has brightened considerably across Europe after lockdowns restricted growth at the start of the year. Now, economists can foresee the complete recovery by the end of next year from the early effects of the
Opinion | Is It Time to End Outdoor Masking?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Happy maskers are all alike; every unhappy masker is unhappy in his own way. For some, the culprit is maskne.