Virus Briefing: What to know about enterovirus D68

It has been linked to rare, polio-like paralysis.

View in browser|nytimes.com September 16, 2022 Here's your update on the coronavirus pandemic and other virus news. TOP NEWS Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times What Parents Should Know About the Latest Enterovirus Spike The C.D.C. has issued an alert about enterovirus D68, which has been linked to rare, polio-like paralysis. By Catherine Pearson Visual China Group, via Getty Images 'At the Breaking Point': Tibetans, Under Lockdown, Make Rare Cries for Help China's ever-tightening Covid rules have prompted public complaints from residents of areas usually intimidated into keeping quiet. By Vivian Wang John Taggart for The New York Times In New York City, Pandemic Job Losses Linger Even as the country as a whole has recovered all of the jobs it lost during the pandemic, the city is still missing 176,000 — the slowest recovery of any major metropolitan area. By Nicole Hong and Matthew Haag Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Is New York City Finally Returning to the Office? With rising subway ridership and office occupancy, the city's post-Labor Day return has offered early signs that New York may finally be turning over a new chapter in its recovery. By Nicole Hong and Emma Goldberg Guillem Casasús The Well Newsletter Flu Season Is Coming. Here's How to Prepare. We may be more susceptible to the virus than we have been in recent years, but doctors have tips to stay healthy. By Melinda Wenner Moyer Till Lauer your money adviser Deadlines for Using Up Flexible Spending Accounts Return Relaxed rules during the pandemic let workers carry over more of the pretax money, which must be spent on health costs or forfeited, but they're expiring. By Ann Carrns What else we're following Coronavirus As we head into autumn, hundreds of Americans are still dying from Covid every day, ABC reports. Check The Times's latest U.S. case count. Anti-vaccination groups are using carrot emojis instead of the word "vaccine" to hide posts from Facebook's moderation tools, the BBC reports. The World Health Organization has warned against the use of two therapies to treat Covid — sotrovimab as well as casirivimab-imdevimab — saying Omicron has most likely rendered them obsolete, Reuters reports. A new study found that about 500,000 workers are still out of the U.S. labor force because of Covid and its aftereffects, The Wall Street Journal reports. Monkeypox The C.D.C. said the antiviral Tpoxx should be given only to high-risk groups, warning that the virus could mutate if the treatment is overused, The Washington Post reports. China reported its first case, Bloomberg reports. NPR looked at your chances of catching monkeypox. Polio The C.D.C. is planning on testing wastewater for the virus. The Atlantic writes that the world was coming close to eradicating polio, which is exactly why it's staging a comeback. Email your thoughts to virusbriefing@nytimes.com. Did a friend forward you the briefing? Sign up here. Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for Virus Briefing from The New York Times. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018