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A selection of our stories about covid-19 and its consequences
The Communist Party is still hounding experts whose work might expose its pandemic missteps
The Great White Way is looking slightly less great
Two new novels by Michael Cunningham and Sigrid Nunez offer proof
The costs of wasting brainpower are huge
The fund should pave the way for more collective European spending
The curious and furious recovery has brought some old ideas back to the fore
Americans’ opinions about the state of the economy have diverged from reality
Finding similarities between post-infectious illnesses could lead to better treatments
According to the WHO, they have saved more lives than any other medical invention
Besides mRNA vaccines, they celebrate ultra-fast lasers and tiny prisons for light
Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world
Is the world returning to pre-pandemic life? Find out with our interactive tracker
Use our live data to follow the battle against the pandemic
In many parts of the world, official death tolls undercount the total number of fatalities
How countries and regions are coping with the covid-19 pandemic