pandemic

With the end of the pandemic in sight, we’re all beginning to contemplate what it will be like to return to our normal lives. But it’s not going to be easy for everyone. For many people, social anxiety may keep them on the sidelines, even after the danger of the coronavirus has passed. NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez explores life after...

After mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia and Boulder, Colorado, people claimed shootings had “slowed” during the pandemic. Why were spikes in homicides and gun injuries overlooked?

The pandemic has made 2020 the nation’s deadliest year ever for drug overdoses with a record 81,000 people overdosing during the lockdown.

The very idea of not wanting to return to “normal” would have been unthinkable a year ago. But today many have been rewired into a “new normal.” So what happens when you’re suddenly called upon to snap back to reality… the one where you have to shed the sweatpants for actual office attire?

About half of college students screened in a recent Boston University study were found to have depression or anxiety. It’s a sign of the toll the pandemic is taking on millions cut off from human connections and, for many, their goals and aspirations. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway looks from college campuses to social platforms like TikTok at the impact social...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the Citizen Public Health Training Program — a free educational initiative that the state hopes will allow citizens to address, and possibly even prevent, future public health issues, including COVID-19. Cornell University will offer the free state-of-the-art online program. The university developed the 8-session, 16-hour curriculum, which includes eight interactive sessions with Cornell and…

Some highly active vaccine clinics are far away from communities of color. Doses aren’t being distributed at a level that reflects the greater COVID-19 dangers for people in those communities. Epidemiologist Camara Phyllis-Jones breaks down the issue and says “we can dismantle this system.”

Vaccinated fans will soon have their own sections at Miami Heat games.

Royal Caribbean cruises will soon set sail again, but only for those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

After having its doors closed for months, public high schools in New York City reopen Monday for in-person learning. Meanwhile, New Jersey is taking a slower approach in reopening businesses as per-capita cases rise to a national high, with Gov. Phil Murphy saying more reopenings are unlikely in the short term. (New Jersey has the third-highest average of daily new...

A University of San Diego law professor is under fire for what even the school is calling disparaging and biased language used in a blog post about the suspected origin of the coronavirus, a conspiracy the Chinese government denies. Because the investigation into these remarks is just starting, NBC 7 is not naming the tenured professor or his blog page….

A year ago, the Grand Princess captured the world’s attention when it became clear the coronavirus pandemic had arrived on the shore of California, making the virus real to millions in the United States.

Coronavirus has changed just about everything in our world, including the words and phrases we know and how we use them. As stress increased in 2020, our vocabulary changed. These linguists and sociologists explain why.

When pandemic lockdowns forced people inside in early 2020, there was lots of speculation that all those bored couples would create a baby boom. Instead, 2020 appears to be the year of the baby bust. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky investigates why we’ve stopped having babies — and what that that means for our future.

The pandemic has been putting serious stress on many marriages and relationships, which has been reflected by a jump in divorce rates in 2020. LX News talked to John and Julie Gottman, marriage counselors who are also married to each other, about the key signs your relationship is headed for trouble — and what you can do to fix it.

Two veteran marriage counselors have identified four behaviors that can predict divorce.

New York vaccine eligibility expanded to people 60+ starting Wednesday, as pharmacies gained the right to administer doses to that group and teachers in accordance with federal guidelines. Myles Miller reports.

Roughly 4 in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one year into the coronavirus pandemic