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What to Wear in the Metaverse
“People love to play with something they would never be able to wear in the real world,” Ms. Shapovalova said. “Play” being the operative word. Right now, the metaverse is both a place where you can be recognizably you, as you are (sort of) IRL, and a place where you can be transformed into the…
Beverages With Benefits: Do They Really Work?
Kin is part of a flourishing “functional beverage” category, often branded with gradient, pastel colors, 1970s nostalgia logos and no alcohol. Poppi, Ruby, Superfrau, Dune Glow Remedy, Droplet, Brighter, Evexia Kafe, Sunwink and De Soi, co-founded by Katy Perry, assert that their seltzers, juices and tonics can heal you from the inside out with prebiotics,…
Sara McLanahan, Who Studied Single Motherhood, Dies at 81
Dr. Garfinkel said the results of the Fragile Families study “provide no support for the culture of poverty thesis,” which posits that different values and behaviors among the poor trap them in self-perpetuating cycles of privation. Rather, he said, “circumstances and opportunities,” not value differences, have the greatest impact. Though her findings rankled some advocates…
Post-infection immunity was very protective against Delta, the C.D.C. reports, but vaccines still offer the best defense.
Starbucks baristas in training in Cheektowaga, N.Y. The company said the vast majority of its workers were vaccinated.Credit…Libby March for The New York Times The Supreme Court’s ruling last week shutting down the Biden administration’s effort to enlist large employers in its vaccination campaign, experts said, would trigger a new wave of uncertainty about how…
Biden Will Provide 400 Million N95 Masks for Free
WASHINGTON — Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans who have had a hard time getting their hands on masks and at-home tests are suddenly being showered with offers of freebies — courtesy of taxpayers and the Biden administration, which had come under sharp criticism for not acting sooner. On Wednesday, the administration announced that…
Can Omicron Cause Long Covid?
It found that people who had received even one dose of a Covid vaccine before their infection were seven to 10 times less likely to report two or more symptoms of long Covid 12 to 20 weeks later. The study, which was led by Michael Simon, Arcadia’s director of data science, and Dr. Richard Parker,…
Why Are Men More Likely to Die of Covid? It’s Complicated.
“You can have states right next door to each other, like Connecticut and New York, that have a totally different pattern but yet experienced the same wave,” Dr. Richardson said. Cumulatively over 55 weeks, mortality rates were slightly higher for women in two states, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In nine states, including Connecticut, the rates…
At 83, Arne Glimcher Indulges His Inner Curator
At 83, Arne Glimcher has already had unusual longevity as a top art dealer, with more than six decades in the business. But he is still expanding his reach. Glimcher, the founder and chairman of Pace Gallery, plans to establish a new space in TriBeCa, to open in September, called Gallery 125 Newbury, named after…
In Sewage, Clues to Omicron’s Surge
Dr. Hopkins consults weekly with wastewater screeners to determine where the city should funnel resources. When officials from the Houston program noticed that the sewage in one ZIP code, a largely Hispanic neighborhood, had unusually high levels of the virus week after week, they distributed testing and cleaning supplies and multilingual educational materials about the…