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Two years ago today, I was in the midst of my eighth-straight week of Covid-19 misery, wondering what the hell was wrong with me, and why, instead of recovering, I continued to accumulate new symptoms. In addition to those that had been with me from the very beginning — shortness …

Kyrie Irving will get to help the Brooklyn Nets win and/or contract Covid-19 during home games with New York City Mayor Eric Adams set to rollback vaccine requirements for athletes and performers working in the city, The New York Times reports. The new policy is expected to go into effect …

“Tomorrow when you go to school unmasked, your heart’s gonna be racing and you’re gonna be nervous. But I want you to know you’re doing the right thing. Don’t ever, ever question it,” former Miss USA 2009 first runner-up Carrie Prejean Boller says in one of her Instagram Stories to …

With lines for Covid-19 testing snaking down the sidewalks, and messages announcing closures posted on the shuttered doors and Instagram accounts of local businesses, New York City residents have been witnessing scenes this week that they hoped they’d never see again. That’s because Covid-19 has once again been making its …

Mississippi’s Republican Governor Tate Reeves said southerners are “a little less scared” of Covid-19 because they “believe in eternal life.” “I’m often asked by some of my friends on the other side of the aisle about Covid… and why does it seem like folks in Mississippi and maybe in the …

Former present Barack Obama will scale back his 60th birthday party, which was expected to be a largely attended event on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend, due to concerns about Covid-19, The New York Times reports. “Due to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President …

Hayes Carll was in the middle of a performance last week when he managed to sum up what many musicians and fans have been feeling for months. “I tell people for the first four years of my career and for the last 16 months of my career, I’d finish a …

Soon after the novel coronavirus emerged as a global threat this spring, certain terms usually confined to public health and epidemiology — like “flatten the curve” and “PPE” — became part of our everyday vocabulary. Among them is “herd immunity,” which some people, including Donald Trump, have said will eventually …

HBO has released the first glimpse of Coastal Elites, a “socially distanced satire” created during and focused on the Covid-19 pandemic. The film stars Sarah Paulson, Bette Midler, Issa Rae, Kaitlyn Dever and Dan Levy as the so-called “coastal elites,” each living in New York or Los Angeles in isolation during …

Nearly six months after the United States experienced its first outbreak of Covid-19, the virus shows no signs of slowing down. Since then, the entertainment industry as a whole has grappled with the question: How will live events, especially long-standing awards shows, survive the pandemic? While several major awards ceremonies …