China’s covid cases loom over upcoming WHO meeting on state of the pandemic

Is the covid pandemic over? The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to consider that question…

After a Pandemic Hiatus, the Bulls Are Running Again in Pamplona

For more than a week in the height of summer, a sea of people worn red…

Why the Travel Desk is Ending Its Pandemic Tip Sheet

Times Insider explains who we are as well as what we do and also delivers behind-the-scenes…

May was the worst month for startup layoffs since the start of the pandemic

Roughly 17,000 workers got laid off from 71 tech startups around the world in May —…

Is monkeypox likely to become a pandemic?

Two weeks after the first cases of monkeypox were detected outside Africa, more than 350 confirmed…

Socks were the top clothing item Americans bought during the pandemic

Is there such a thing as too many socks? Many Americans don’t seem to think so.…

People have finally stopped panic-buying Clorox as pandemic fears wane

As it turns out, we never really needed Clorox to fight covid-19. The virus doesn’t spread…

Zoom is worth less than it was before the pandemic

The pandemic isn’t over, but the pandemic economy might be. Zoom became a household name in…

The cause of the next pandemic is probably already here

A bird flu is spreading again. Several cases of very contagious avian influenza have been identified…

Adjustable beds are the latest trendy pandemic buy for millennials

“Anything that can’t be done in bed isn’t worth doing at all,” writer Groucho Marx once…

Bill Gates on how to prevent the next pandemic

“If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades,” said Bill Gates in…

The Ukraine war could hit Africa harder than the pandemic

After the devastating economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic in Africa, the continent appeared to recover…