![]() Long Covid: A large study found that Covid patients were significantly more likely to experience gastrointestinal problems a year after infection than people who were not infected.Covid Testing: The Biden administration appears to be planning to end a requirement that travelers coming from China present a negative Covid-19 test before entering the United States.But it might be hard to find definitive answers. Covid Origins: The debate about what might have caused the coronavirus pandemic has re-emerged, with Republicans in Congress pushing the theory that a laboratory leak was to blame.Trade publishers’ revenues were steady, with a slight increase of nearly 1 percent, and grew by 2.6 percent during the first three months of 2020 compared with the same period last year. But sales for commercial publishers held up surprisingly well in March, despite the wave of bookstore closures across the country. The data from March only revealed the impact of the first few weeks of the shutdown. It’s still unclear how severely the industry will be affected by the ongoing crisis. Books from university presses saw a decline of more than 21 percent. Revenue from prekindergarten through 12th grade instructional materials was half what it was a year ago, while course materials for higher education fell more than 8 percent. ![]() The steepest declines were in educational publishing, a likely result of the mass closures of schools and colleges. ![]() book sales across all categories fell more than 8 percent in March, compared with March 2019, a decline that reflected the challenges publishers face in a ravaged retail landscape. Publishing, however, seemed more resilient: Books remained available online and stand apart as an art form that can be easily produced and consumed in isolation.īut even the publishing world hasn’t been immune to the economic fallout from the pandemic. When the coronavirus spread across the United States this spring, most of the entertainment industry went into hibernation, as movie theaters, concert halls, museums, Broadway and film production sets shut down. ![]()
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