An Operation Warp Speed report last June flagged staffing and quality control concerns at Emergent BioSolutions’ factory in Baltimore. The troubled plant recently had to throw out up to 15 million doses. WASHINGTON — A top federal pandemic official warned last June that Emergent BioSolutions, the government contractor that last …
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The special project “What Loss Looks Like” presents personal artifacts belonging to those who have left us and explores what they mean to those left behind. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As the art director …
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Amid the chatter of travel’s long-awaited rebound one year into the pandemic, many families with children feel largely left out of the conversation. Nearly every summer, Ada Ayala, a teacher, and her husband, Oscar Cesar Pleguezeulos, travel with their children to visit Mr. Cesar Pleguezeulos’s parents in Spain. But this …
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Behind the Byline • APOORVA MANDAVILLI Making the Science of Covid Clearer Behind some of The Times’s vital journalism on the coronavirus is a reporter who speaks seven languages, holds a master’s degree in biochemistry and, OK, has a weakness for “Bridgerton.” March 25, 2021 Times Insider explains who we …
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1 of 7 Which statement about the way we move is supported by research? Romantic couples unconsciously tend to synchronize their walking pace Pet dogs tend to synchronize their movements with family members People who taking up dancing tend to feel greater degrees of closeness All of the above 2 …
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The impact COVID-19 had on 2020 was immense. Hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their lives, and many more felt the grief from those losses. Illness, job loss, cut hours — and almost everyone suffered the loss of social connection and routines we once enjoyed. Compare Tax Software Options View …
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Evidence suggests that some sexual and gender minorities — especially people of color — are hesitant to get vaccinated due to mistrust of the medical establishment. At her last doctor’s appointment, Erica Tyler, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., joked that she didn’t want to get vaccinated for Covid-19 “because another …
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