Can fans attend all games? Will players be vaccinated? Was All-Star weekend safe? Read on to find out.Fans at a game between the Knicks and the Sacramento Kings at Madison Square Garden, with limited seating.Credit...Pool photo by John MinchilloThe second half of another strange N.B.A. season in the pandemic has

Toward the end of last year, doctors in Nelson Mandela Bay, a city of about 1 million people in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, started to see something alarming. The city had been hit by a tsunami of Covid-19 cases in June and July, swamping hospitals and leading to

California todayWednesday: Even as coronavirus pandemic rules are lifted, the official emergency status will continue. Here’s what that means.June 9, 2021ImageOlivia Ruiz visiting the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on Tuesday.Credit...Allison Zaucha for The New York TimesGood morning.California has one of the lowest coronavirus case rates in the

Clear barriers have sprung up at restaurants, nail salons and school classrooms, but most of the time, they do little to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Shields at a restaurant in Placerville, Calif., in May 2020. Research suggests that transparent barriers can interfere with normal ventilation.Credit...Rich Pedroncelli/File, via Associated PressAug.