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Oil falls below $100, stocks climb as traders track war, new covid lockdowns in China

Pfizer and BioNTech to seek authorization of second coronavirus booster shot for people 65 and older

The application comes as federal officials and the public health community debate whether fourth shots will be needed for the general public.

By Laurie McGinley, Tyler Pager and Carolyn Y. Johnson37 minutes ago

Lawmakers push for pandemic probe modeled on 9/11 Commission ‘to fully reckon with the lessons’

By Dan Diamond

Opinion

How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night?

By Dana Milbank

Note to readers

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CDC lowers coronavirus warnings for cruise ships and popular Caribbean islands

By Hannah Sampson

What would happen if a citizen of Cash, Ark., lost Medicaid benefits? Nothing good.

By Brandon Dill and Amy Goldstein

Millions of vulnerable Americans likely to fall off Medicaid once the federal public health emergency ends

By Amy Goldstein

British airlines to drop mask mandates as U.K. lifts remaining travel restrictions

By Nathan Diller

Monitoring the Pandemic

A series of graphics tracking U.S. covid-19 cases, deaths and vaccination rates

The Omicron Variant

Covid deaths highest in a year as omicron targets the unvaccinated and elderly

From barricaded playgrounds to crowded beaches: Life with omicron around the world

How fast the omicron variant is spreading around the world

What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus

video: inside overwhelmed hospitals

Rhode Island

'Disastrous, overwhelming, frightening': Inside a Rhode Island emergency department

Maryland

Health-care workers battle burnout as omicron surges: ‘It just rips your heart apart’

California

Inside an overwhelmed ICU along the U.S.-Mexico border

Texas

She was vaccinated, but omicron still sent an immunocompromised teen to the ICU

Navigating Your Life

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How to use vaccine passports for international travel

Uploading your CDC vaccine card to digital platforms can help you navigate foreign trips.

By Nathan Diller

Everything you need for the return of travel

What’s the best way to pay when traveling abroad?

Asia is slowly reopening to travelers. Here’s where you can go.

Don’t Miss

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Body bags, overflowing morgues and chaotic hospitals: Hong Kong’s pandemic goes critical

By Shibani Mahtani and Theodora Yu

Opinion

Covid isn’t over, but it’s over for me

Masks come off in blue states. Residents wonder: Is it too soon, or long overdue?

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What would happen if a citizen of Cash, Ark., lost Medicaid benefits? Nothing good.

By Brandon Dill and Amy Goldstein

Everything you need for the return of travel

How fast the omicron variant is spreading around the world

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Capitals’ Lars Eller tests positive for coronavirus, is in isolation in Vancouver

By Samantha Pell

What you need to know about the highly contagious delta variant

As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed

Opinion

The pandemic toll may be three times greater than reported. That’s a lot of lost souls.

Opinion

Coronavirus

Oil falls below $100, stocks climb as traders track war, new covid lockdowns in China

Pfizer and BioNTech to seek authorization of second coronavirus booster shot for people 65 and older

Lawmakers push for pandemic probe modeled on 9/11 Commission ‘to fully reckon with the lessons’

How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night?

CDC lowers coronavirus warnings for cruise ships and popular Caribbean islands

What would happen if a citizen of Cash, Ark., lost Medicaid benefits? Nothing good.

Millions of vulnerable Americans likely to fall off Medicaid once the federal public health emergency ends

British airlines to drop mask mandates as U.K. lifts remaining travel restrictions

Covid deaths highest in a year as omicron targets the unvaccinated and elderly

From barricaded playgrounds to crowded beaches: Life with omicron around the world

How fast the omicron variant is spreading around the world

What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus

'Disastrous, overwhelming, frightening': Inside a Rhode Island emergency department

Health-care workers battle burnout as omicron surges: ‘It just rips your heart apart’

Inside an overwhelmed ICU along the U.S.-Mexico border

She was vaccinated, but omicron still sent an immunocompromised teen to the ICU

How to use vaccine passports for international travel

Everything you need for the return of travel

What’s the best way to pay when traveling abroad?

Asia is slowly reopening to travelers. Here’s where you can go.

Body bags, overflowing morgues and chaotic hospitals: Hong Kong’s pandemic goes critical

Covid isn’t over, but it’s over for me

Masks come off in blue states. Residents wonder: Is it too soon, or long overdue?

What would happen if a citizen of Cash, Ark., lost Medicaid benefits? Nothing good.

Everything you need for the return of travel

How fast the omicron variant is spreading around the world

Capitals’ Lars Eller tests positive for coronavirus, is in isolation in Vancouver

What you need to know about the highly contagious delta variant

As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed

The pandemic toll may be three times greater than reported. That’s a lot of lost souls.

Uncertainty hangs over a fourth vaccine dose. That invites another pandemic surprise.

Who gets to stop thinking about the pandemic

China’s legislative meeting ends amid worst covid outbreak in two years

Covid response may have to be scaled back amid congressional inaction, White House says

In open letter on second anniversary of coronavirus pandemic, celebrities, experts and officials say: It isn’t over