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Live Nation, Still Without Concerts, Has Lost $300 Million in 2021 So Far
While the concert giant has faced mounting losses in the pandemic, it has already booked twice as many shows for 2022 as it did in 2019, executives say
Australia Is Nearly COVID-19 Free. Tokyo-Bound Olympic Surfers Are Reaping the Benefits
The World Surf League is holding pre-Olympic events in Australia, a country where life has largely returned to normal—and athletes can train with less stress.
Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine Was Shown to be 51% Efficacious in South Africa, Where More Infectious Variants Are Spreading
The vaccine maker is continuing the study of its vaccine’s efficacy against new COVID-19 virus variants
Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and India’s COVID-19 Crisis
A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newsletter. If you’d like sign up to receive this free once-a-week email, click here. The surge of COVID-19 cases and the humanitarian crisis now unfolding in India has shocked the world and led to a search for an explanation of how the situation…
Getting My AstraZeneca Vaccine in Malaysia
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Moderna Reports That Booster Doses of Its COVID-19 Vaccine Appear to Be Effective Against Virus Variants
The company is testing three boosting scenarios
From Free Beer to $100 Payments, States Are Incentivizing COVID-19 Vaccination. Will It Work?
The internet had a field day when Krispy Kreme in March offered free donuts to anyone who could prove they’d been vaccinated against COVID-19. But only a few weeks later, as vaccine supply begins to outpace demand in many places and daily vaccination rates tumble across the U.S., states, cities and counties are following the…
The U.S. Birth Rate Dropped Last Year, But Don’t Blame It All on the Pandemic
The trend was already in motion
Blue Bailout: Covid-19 Cash Is Militarizing Cops Across the Country
How police departments are using pandemic funds to bulk up their high-tech arsenals
‘Our Lives Don’t Matter.’ India’s Female Community Health Workers Say the Government Is Failing to Protect Them From COVID-19
Female community health workers are risking their lives at the frontlines of India's COVID-19 crisis
The Most Important Thing Rich Countries Can Do to Help India Fight COVID-19
The Biden Administration is debating whether COVID-19 vaccine patents should be temporarily waived, given the devastating humanitarian crisis unfolding in India from the virus. There are two key factors that should drive the Biden team to agree to do so: first, there is strong precedent on waiving patents in the context of public health emergencies;…
The Best Face Masks and Coverings For Running, Cycling and Working Out
Here's how to stay covered up while on your bike, on a jog, or for your next workout session outdoors