F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Those Over 65 or at Risk
The committee said there was insufficient evidence to recommend third shots for all adult recipients of the vaccine, as Pfizer had requested....
C.D.C. Study Shows Pfizer Vaccine’s Protection Wanes
The new study found that beyond 120 days after recipients got their second dose, the effectiveness fell to 77 percent. Catch up on Covid news....
Carmine’s Hostess Is Attacked by Tourists Over Vaccine Requirement, Police Say
A lawyer for the tourists said their proof of vaccination had been questioned “unjustifiably” because they are Black and denied that they had tried to “forcefully violate” the requirement that they show it....
Pentagon Acknowledges Aug. 29 Drone Strike in Afghanistan Was Tragic Mistake
The findings of the inquiry mirrored a New York Times investigation of video evidence, along with interviews with more than a dozen of the driver’s co-workers and family members in Kabul....
Taliban Seize Women’s Ministry Building for Use by Religious Police
Taliban leaders have turned the Kabul building that housed Afghanistan’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs into the offices for the religious police, an ominous portent for women’s rights....
As Russian Election Nears, Voters Voice Resignation, Anger and Fear
Many in Russia say they are fed up with corruption, stagnant wages and rising prices. But they worry, as one man said, that “if things start to change, there will be blood.”...
Could Navalny’s ‘Smart Voting’ Strategy Shake Up Russia’s Election?
Five of the opposition leader’s exiled allies are engineering an election campaign that they hope will put dozens of Kremlin opponents into Parliament....
Thousands of Migrants Huddle in Squalid Conditions Under Texas Bridge
The temporary camp in Del Rio has grown with staggering speed in recent days during a massive surge in migration that has overwhelmed the authorities....
In Submarine Deal With Australia, U.S. Counters China but Enrages France
The reaction signals a widening rift among Western allies over China. French officials accused President Biden of acting like his predecessor....
U.S. Says It Gave France Hours’ Notice of Deal With Australia
The degree of French anger recalled the acrimonious rift between Paris and Washington in 2003 over the Iraq war and involved language not seen since then....
US Covid Booster Shot Policy Is in Flux as Studies Add to Dissent
A week before President Biden’s plan is to roll out, scientists are at odds about whether extra coronavirus shots are needed and for whom....
F.D.A. Publishes First Analysis of Pfizer Booster Shot Application
Regulators found an increased immune response with booster shots, but said vaccines held up powerfully against severe forms of Covid-19. Here’s the latest....