Photo by Noushad Thekkayil / Shutterstock.com If you work in a frontline position at a grocery store, your risk of contracting coronavirus is probably higher than you think. In fact, employees with customer-facing roles are five times as likely to test positive for the virus as colleagues who work in …
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Photo by myboys.me / Shutterstock.com If you want to save a little money on your next tax bill while doing some good in 2020, time is running out. Earlier this year, a new federal law — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act — temporarily suspended rules that …
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Photo by ANRproduction / Shutterstock.com No matter how much you try to hunker down at home to avoid the coronavirus, there are some errands that are tough to avoid — such as grocery shopping. Unfortunately, shopping for such essentials can put you at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus, especially …
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AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced on Monday that their inexpensive, easy-to-produce coronavirus vaccine appears effective, the latest in a string of encouraging results this month from leading vaccine developers. An early analysis of data from late-stage clinical trials found that AstraZeneca’s vaccine was either 62 percent or 90 …
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Lining up for a Covid test in Manhattan this month.Credit…Peter Foley/EPA, via Shutterstock In the lead-up to Thanksgiving, Americans are no stranger to planning. But this year, as they prepare to let turkeys brine and pie crusts thaw, people across the country are waiting for something extra: a coronavirus test …
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Photo by EugeneEdge / Shutterstock.com Restaurants are the riskiest public locations during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study. In fact, the risk of becoming infected in restaurants is about four times higher than in other places, such as gyms, coffee shops, hotels and houses of worship, say researchers …
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A mobile testing station on Staten Island in New York City.Credit…Stephanie Keith for The New York Times More Americans are getting tested for coronavirus than ever before — and that could mean more surprise medical bills. Congress wrote rules in March that aimed to make coronavirus testing free for all …
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Photo by Africa Studio / Shutterstock.com This week’s news that a new COVID-19 vaccine may be 90% effective in protecting recipients from the coronavirus disease set off whoops of joy across the nation. But while there is plenty to celebrate about the new preventive developed by Pfizer, there are some …
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. For the last few months, I’ve started my mornings with the same routine: reviewing New York Times readers’ medical bills over coffee. The documents are part of a project I …
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