Celebrity Life
2 Million People Have Died From COVID-19 Worldwide
On Jan. 15, the global count of deaths attributed to COVID-19 passed 2 million, a grim milestone in the worst pandemic seen in decades
Marianne Faithfull Announces Post-Covid-19 Album, ‘She Walks in Beauty’
Album finds Faithfull reading from works by Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, and Lord Tennyson
It’s All Going to Shot: Willie Nelson Gets the Covid Vaccine
Country legend receives drive-thru vaccination in Texas
Fewer Children Died in 2020, Despite the Pandemic. Experts Are Trying to Figure Out Why
Since the global pandemic began, one of the grimmer features of daily life has been watching the coronavirus death count tick up and up as the months have gone by. With so much unnecessary death in 2020, it’s surprising that in many countries, at least according to preliminary numbers, there was one significant group that…
Johnson & Johnson’s 1-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Early-Stage Trials
J&J’s progress is being closely watched because its vaccine could become the first that can protect people after just one shot
WHO Investigators Are Finally Allowed to Land in China in a Bid to Uncover the Origins of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Will they get sufficient cooperation from Chinese officials to complete their mission?
‘It’s Unimaginably Bad.’ How Government Failures and the New COVID-19 Variant Are Pushing the U.K.’s Health System Into Crisis
The U.K. is under lockdown as a new variant of COVID-19 drives a painful third wave. Here's how it got so bad
Data Show More Women Are Freezing Their Eggs During the Pandemic, Defying Doctors’ Expectations
If she found the right guy, Kari Arenberg could see herself having kids. But her work was never conducive to dating, let alone to freezing her eggs in hopes of leaving her options open. The 31-year-old event producer traveled constantly between New York City and Los Angeles, with long days lifting heavy boxes and running…
We Can’t Afford to Wait for COVID-19 Vaccines To Be Rolled Out. Here’s What We Can Do to Curb the Virus Now
On Jan. 7, 2021, the U.S. hit another grim milestone, for the first time recording over 300,000 new cases of COVID-19 and over 4,000 deaths from the infection in one day. Across the country, hospitals and intensive care units are now under enormous strain trying to treat so many sick people. And if a new,…
Indonesia Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout – and Jokowi Is First to Get Jab
Indonesia will be a test case for the Sinovac Biotech vaccine, being the first country to administer CoronaVac for mass vaccination outside of China
Amid Large Scale COVID-19 Outbreak on Death Row, Trump Administration Continues an Unprecedented Week of Executions
When Gary Sampson tried to speak with his legal team on Jan. 5, he was so weak he dropped the phone, his attorney Madeline Cohen tells TIME. Sampson, 61, has been incarcerated since 2003, sentenced to die after he pleaded guilty to carjacking resulting in death. He tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-December, Cohen says,…
Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Venues, Theaters Could Reopen by Fall 2021
Top infectious disease expert says timeline depends on U.S. reaching herd immunity, adds mask-wearing may still be necessary