The research adds to a growing number of findings suggesting the Pfizer and Moderna shots are protective against the variants identified so far.
Tag: New York City
Antibody rates among Black and Hispanic New Yorkers are double those of others, new estimates show.
A study found at least a third of Black and Hispanic New York City residents had antibodies after the first wave a year ago, but only 16 percent of white New Yorkers did.
Over 50,000 N.Y.C. Public School Students Will Return to Classrooms
The change follows recent federal guidance that schools could reduce social distancing between students in some classrooms to three feet from six.
N.Y.C.’s mayor says a new virus rule will reduce temporary public school closures.
Public schools had previously closed for 10 days if two unlinked cases were detected there, regardless of the source of infection.
N.Y.C. public school students can opt back in to standardized testing this year.
The pandemic will have disrupted at least two years of state testing.
Let Us Now Praise Tiny Ants
Even in the densest human habitations, there are orders of magnitude more ants than there are of us, doing the hard work of making our crumbs disappear.
Anti-Asian Attack in New York Hits a Nerve in the Philippines
The country’s foreign secretary responded forcefully to the recent assault on a Filipino immigrant in New York City. Some have called it hypocritical.
A Tenth of N.Y.C.’s Covid Dead May Be in Mass Graves on Hart Island
An analysis found that more than 2,334 adults were buried on Hart Island last year, up from 846 in 2019.
A Tenth of N.Y.C.’s Covid Dead May Be in Mass Graves on Hart Island
An analysis found that more than 2,334 adults were buried on Hart Island last year, up from 846 in 2019.
N.Y.C. public school students will have another chance, starting Wednesday, to opt in for in-person instruction.
While all parents can indicate interest, the city only has plans for now to bring more elementary school students into school buildings in April.