Discovery of Virus Variant in Colorado and California Alarms Scientists
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | |
| By Benjamin Mueller and Rebecca Robbins Health officials hope to soon vaccinate up to two million people per week as the country's hospitals are overwhelmed by cases of a new, more contagious coronavirus variant. | | | By Apoorva Mandavilli A more contagious version of the coronavirus may alter the course of the pandemic in the United States, researchers said. | | | By Catie Edmondson The Senate leader all but ended any chance of increasing direct payments, despite some Republican support for the effort. | | |
| World | Behind the Curve Beijing acted against the coronavirus with stunning force, as its official narratives recount. But not before a political logjam had allowed a local outbreak to kindle a global pandemic. | | | Opinion By Kerry Kennedy Meltzer I love my uncle. But when it comes to vaccines, he is wrong. | | |
| By Malachy Browne, Anjali Singhvi, Natalie Reneau and Drew Jordan None of the police officers who raided Breonna Taylor's home wore body cameras, impeding the public from a full understanding of what happened. The Times's visual investigation team built a 3-D model of the scene and pieced together critical sequences of events to show how poor planning and shoddy police work led to a fatal outcome. | | | By The Associated Press and Storyful At least 10 people were injured and 15 were missing after a landslide destroyed several homes in Gjerdrum, Norway, on Wednesday. | | |
Copyright 2020 The New York Times Company
620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 |  | |
Video: 
