Amy Harmon
The New York Times
New York, NY, United States
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How America Reached One Million Covid Deaths
Understanding the death toll — who makes up the one million and how the country failed them — is essential as the pandemic continues. → Read More
The number of people with the virus who died in the U.S. passes 300,000.
The number of people with the coronavirus in the United States who have died passed 300,000 on Monday, another wrenching record that comes less than four weeks after the nation’s virus deaths reached a quarter-million. Covid-19 surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield said in public remarks… → Read More
Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Starts Vaccine Rollout as Shots Given in New York
High-risk health care workers are being given priority. Australia and New Zealand intend to establish a travel bubble. → Read More
‘What Day Are You Picking Me Up for Christmas?’
Monica Duffey, a woman with developmental disabilities, usually celebrates the holiday with her eight siblings in Wisconsin. This year, because of the pandemic, she won’t be able to leave her group home. → Read More
Trump benefits from treatments most Covid-19 patients lacked.
As a buoyant President Trump emerged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this week, appeared on a balcony at the White House, and proclaimed on Twitter that the public should have no fear of the coronavirus, many Americans saw few parallels between Mr. Trump’s experience with the virus and their own. A woman in Brooklyn was reminded of the $4,000 she was charged for medication for… → Read More
Will Coronavirus Join the Rush at Fraternities and Sororities?
Universities are struggling with how to prevent tightly packed sorority and fraternity houses from turning into virus clusters. → Read More
Coronavirus in the U.S.: An Unrelenting Crush of Cases and Deaths
While cities like New York have seen a hopeful drop in cases, upticks in other major cities and smaller communities have offset those decreases. → Read More
‘Will You Help Save My Brother?’: The Scramble to Find Covid-19 Plasma Donors
A doctor stricken with Covid-19 was running out of options. His family mounted a search for a donor whose plasma might help. → Read More
Was It Covid? Americans Ask Amid Signs the Coronavirus Came Earlier
New revelations have left people wondering about ailments early this year. Doctors are thinking back to unexplained cases. Medical examiners are looking for possible misdiagnosed deaths. → Read More
Why We Don’t Know the True Death Rate for Covid-19
Determining what percentage of those infected by the coronavirus will die is a key question for epidemiologists, but an elusive one during the pandemic. → Read More
Coronavirus Survivors: Test Driving Immunity After Recovering in the U.S.
As the rest of the nation shelters in place, the first Americans to recover from the virus test drive immunity. → Read More
Why Washington State? How Did It Start? Questions Answered on the U.S. Coronavirus Outbreak
Seattle-area officials announced sweeping changes to stop the spread, urging telecommuting and recommending that those 60 and over, pregnant, or with health problems stay home. → Read More
How Much Racism Do You Face Every Day?
To see how your experience compares, answer some of the questions that were posed to 101 black teenagers as part of a study measuring the racism they face on a daily basis. → Read More
Did I Need to Know What Gender My Nonbinary Interviewees Were Assigned at Birth? Maybe Not
To write about the debate over adding an “X” option to state IDs, I was trying to better understand how the issue plays out in everyday life. → Read More
There Are 472,000 Words in the Dictionary. For the Spelling Bee, That May Not Be Enough.
The winners of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee had more in common than an aptitude for spelling: six of the eight used the same coaching program. → Read More
SAT Adversity Index: A Drive Toward Diversity Without Discussing Race
The College Board, which administers the SAT, is joining a broadening movement toward using race-neutral alternatives to affirmative action. → Read More
‘Do You Pull the Parchment?’: Students Caught Up in College Admissions Scandal Now Face a Reckoning
At the University of Southern California, those linked to the admissions fraud are blocked from registering for classes pending a review, one of many inquiries now underway. → Read More
What I Learned While Reporting on the Dearth of Black Mathematicians
My recent reporting has highlighted why racial exclusion in “the queen of the sciences’’ may matter most of all. → Read More
Lab Severs Ties With James Watson, Citing ‘Unsubstantiated and Reckless’ Remarks
In a recent documentary, the geneticist doubled down on comments he made a decade ago, then apologized for, regarding race, genetics and intelligence. → Read More
James Watson Won’t Stop Talking About Race
The Nobel-winning biologist has drawn global criticism with unfounded pronouncements on genetics, race and intelligence. He still thinks he’s right, a new documentary finds. → Read More