Search

George Floyd had been dead only hours before the movement began. Driven by a terrifying video and word of mouth, people flooded the South Minneapolis intersection where he was killed [...]

At least 37 states allow people with certain health conditions to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a New York Times survey. But a new skirmish has emerged over who [...]

Byline: Simon Romero, Amy Harmon, Lucy Tompkins and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio With no nationwide plan for distributing coronavirus vaccines, people are scrambling to other states. Some health officials, [...]

With no nationwide plan for distributing coronavirus vaccines, people are scrambling to other states. Some health officials, saying greater immunity is the goal, aren't standing in the way. When Chanel [...]

The lives of the people who died on a single January day reflect an extraordinary national loss. It was 3 a.m. when Latraile Williams was startled from her sleep in [...]

Journalists are often in a hurry, especially in a news-packed year like the one just past. With deadlines always looming, they race from story to story, filling their notebooks with [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon Here is what some of the first Americans to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are saying about how they felt afterward, with some side effects but no second [...]

Here is what some of the first Americans to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are saying about how they felt afterward, with some side effects but no second thoughts. Two and [...]

The vaccine campaign began on the same day that the nation surpassed 300,000 deaths, more than any other country. PITTSBURGH -- Some of the very medical centers that have endured [...]

Byline: Michael Wines and Amy Harmon A February conference by the drug company Biogen was initially thought to have infected 99 people. By the end of October, it was feared [...]

The first of nearly three million doses were sent across the country, the start of the most ambitious vaccination campaign in the nation's history. FARGO, N.D. -- Trucks and cargo [...]

A February conference by the drug company Biogen was initially thought to have infected 99 people. By the end of October, it was feared that the number had grown as [...]

Monica Duffey, a woman with developmental disabilities, usually celebrates the holiday with her eight siblings in Wisconsin. This year, because of the pandemic, she won't be able to leave her [...]

The United States saw the most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic on Friday, with deaths and hospitalizations also rising. Underlying conditions largely determine who survives. HOUSTON -- The United [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon, Lucy Tompkins, Audra D. S. Burch and Serge F. Kovaleski What was once a health crisis that Americans feared has evolved into one virtually everyone has experienced [...]

What was once a health crisis that Americans feared has evolved into one virtually everyone has experienced up close. That will affect behavior, but in many different ways. Just a [...]

Byline: Mitch Smith, Amy Harmon, Lucy Tompkins and Thomas Fuller By different metrics, all sorts of locations in the United States are deeply troubling, from Minot, N.D., to New York [...]

By different metrics, all sorts of locations in the United States are deeply troubling, from Minot, N.D., to New York City. The coronavirus is tearing across the United States at [...]

It's been more than a year since they were all together -- and there's no sign of a reunion anytime soon. Every Father's Day weekend in early June, the four [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon Kappa Alpha, one of the nation's largest and oldest college fraternities, is not unaccustomed to fending off charges of racism. Its embrace of Robert E. Lee, the [...]

Kappa Alpha, one of the nation's largest and oldest college fraternities, is not unaccustomed to fending off charges of racism. Its embrace of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, as [...]

The president had immediate access to first-class treatment as well as doctors who have honed their understanding of the disease over several months of the pandemic. CHICAGO -- When Chanon [...]

Universities are struggling with how to prevent tightly packed sorority and fraternity houses from turning into virus clusters. The big bouquets of roses. The towering signs spelling out the letters [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon and Audra D. S. Burch Anti-racism activists have detailed concerns that are not only about symbols or slurs but also about entire systems governing how Americans live. [...]

Anti-racism activists have detailed concerns that are not only about symbols or slurs but also about entire systems governing how Americans live. One recent afternoon, while washing his car, Greg [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon, Apoorva Mandavilli, Sapna Maheshwari and Jodi Kantor What started as a renewed push for police reform has now touched seemingly every aspect of American life. The reckonings [...]

What started as a renewed push for police reform has now touched seemingly every aspect of American life. The reckonings have been swift and dizzying. On Monday, it was the [...]

Early demographic data shows a significant presence of white protesters. As crowds have surged through American cities to protest the killing of George Floyd, one of the striking differences from [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon and Rick Rojas As the protests against police brutality continue, public officials are warily watching for signs that mass demonstrations are leading to virus outbreaks. None of [...]

As the protests against police brutality continue, public officials are warily watching for signs that mass demonstrations are leading to virus outbreaks. None of the plans for how the nation [...]

Much of the country stayed inside, separated, as a way to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Now protests are creating crowds, threatening a resurgence. CHICAGO -- For days, Kate [...]

Byline: Sarah Mervosh and Amy Harmon Governors face intensifying pressure to reopen their economies, but experts warn it could mean thousands of new deaths. In Connecticut, flags that had been [...]

Governors face intensifying pressure to reopen their economies, but experts warn it could mean thousands of new deaths. In Connecticut, flags that had been lowered during the somber peak of [...]

Reports of new cases have declined nationally, and deaths have slowed. But reopening plans leave unanswered questions. CHICAGO -- The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in the United States [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith and Amy Harmon While cities like New York have seen a hopeful drop in cases, upticks in other major cities and smaller communities have offset [...]

While cities like New York have seen a hopeful drop in cases, upticks in other major cities and smaller communities have offset those decreases. In New York City, the daily [...]

A doctor stricken with Covid-19 was running out of options. His family mounted a search for a donor whose plasma might help. HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The doctor was dying. Without [...]

New revelations have left people wondering about ailments early this year. Doctors are thinking back to unexplained cases. Medical examiners are looking for possible misdiagnosed deaths. CHICAGO -- In January, [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon Determining what percentage of those infected by the coronavirus will die is a key question for epidemiologists, but an elusive one during the pandemic. Coroners in some [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon As the rest of the nation shelters in place, the first Americans to recover from the virus test drive immunity. Christy Karras and her husband received a [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon With 'social distancing' now widely adopted nationwide, a small group of contrarians urge a more careful weighing of the harm as well as the benefits of such [...]

With ''social distancing'' now widely adopted nationwide, a small group of contrarians urge a more careful weighing of the harm as well as the benefits of such policies. As an [...]

Byline: Amy Harmon It is one thing to be sick. It is another not to know your chances of getting well. Americans who have had the virus share their experiences. [...]

Seattle-area officials announced sweeping changes to stop the spread, urging telecommuting and recommending that those 60 and over, pregnant, or with health problems stay home. SEATTLE -- Officials are recommending [...]

It is one thing to be sick. It is another not to know your chances of getting well. Americans who have had the virus share their experiences. Late one night, [...]

Local health departments around the United States are scrambling to monitor thousands of people returning from travel in China and elsewhere. Among the tasks: daily calls, emails, texts. After a [...]

The health emergency is global, but in the United States, it is local public health officials who isolate the sick, trace ''close contacts'' and deliver thermometers. EVERETT, Wash. -- It [...]

Anti-black bigotry in America can take many forms, some overt and some harder to measure. To find out just how pervasive racism is, a team of researchers tracked the experiences [...]

Amid a crisis in local news, eight journalists who left newsrooms in 2019 reflect on the stories left in their notebooks. Photographers who also lost their jobs captured them on [...]

A surge in searches for the definition of an old-school pronoun signals a new, nonbinary meaning. Merriam-Webster announced the pronoun ''they'' as its word of the year on Tuesday, marking [...]