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As Omicron Crests, Booster Shots Are Keeping Americans Out of Hospitals
Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are not just reducing the number of infections with the contagious Omicron…
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The Plans for the World’s Next Largest City Are Incomplete
Hindsight is a series from the Headway team looking back at predictions and promises from the past. Within eight years,…
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Why Trump and DeSantis Are Talking About Australia
For those who haven’t been following the conversation on the right about Australia, Donald Trump’s recent entry into the chat…
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Can Omicron Cause Long Covid?
Many public health officials have taken heart in early evidence that suggests infections from the Omicron variant tend to cause…
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A fourth shot may not offer much more protection against catching Omicron, an early Israeli study suggests.
JERUSALEM — Preliminary results from a small Israeli study examining the effects of a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose suggest that…
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A Record Virus Surge in the Philippines, but Doctors Are Hopeful
The Philippines is grappling with a Covid-19 surge that has accelerated at a pace not seen since the start of…
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Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’
JERUSALEM — When the Jerusalem artist Beverly Barkat began to create an artwork for the lobby of a building in…
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The Army of Millions Who Enforce China’s Zero-Covid Policy, at All Costs
China’s “zero Covid” policy has a dedicated following: the millions of people who work diligently toward that goal, no matter…
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Kazakhstan Says Russian Troops Will Start Leaving This Week
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A Russian-led military alliance will begin withdrawing its troops from Kazakhstan in two days, the country’s president…
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U.N. Seeks Huge Aid Increase to Prevent ‘Catastrophe’ in Afghanistan
GENEVA — The United Nations made what it described Tuesday as its biggest appeal ever for a single country, asking…
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