The faulty coronavirus testing kits developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the early weeks of the pandemic were not only contaminated but had a basic design flaw, according to an internal review by the agency. Health officials had already acknowledged that the test kits were contaminated, but the internal report, whose…
After two years of ditching bras and languishing in leggings, many are welcoming structure back into their lives — and, for some, that extends to their clothing choices. “Going-out clothes have made a powerful comeback,” Morgane Le Caer, the content lead at Lyst, the shopping platform, said in an email. Ms. Le Caer added that…
Good morning. Gabrielle Hamilton is leaving us, she writes in her farewell column for The New York Times Magazine this week, closing her laptop on a column she’s written since 2016 and returning to the restaurant she was forced to shutter by the pandemic. That’s a boon to diners in New York but a sad…
Kroger, the national supermarket operator and one of the nation’s largest retailers, has restructured its Covid-19 benefits for unvaccinated employees and will charge some of them if they remain unprotected, a spokeswoman for the company confirmed on Wednesday. Last year, before coronavirus vaccines were available, the company began offering two weeks of paid time off…
Kisha Anderer, 42, a stay-at-home mother in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, hopes to get $1,500 or $1,600 for her Peloton bike, but admitted, “I wish I would have sold it over the pandemic,” when the bikes were as hard to find as toilet paper. Ms. Anderer received her bike as a birthday gift…
I wonder if something like the opposite is happening now: The allure of presentism is causing people to romanticize contemporary perspectives at the expense of an excessively vilified past. It’s uncomfortable to dwell in gray areas, to admit imperfections, to acknowledge blind spots — better to have a 100-minute documentary or four-part podcast to allow…
Outi de Falbaire, the founder and CEO of Barnes Mauritius, said that the average home price of around $3,000 a square meter ($280 a square foot) has held steady since before the pandemic. Although luxury prices can reach as high as $10,000 a square meter ($930 a square foot) in some cases, she noted that…
Heavy is the head that wears the Swarovski-encrusted crown—but Leni Klum sounds anything but weighed down. The bubbly 17-year-old is recounting the details of her first-ever runway walk, at Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda show—which took place in the hard-to-top setting that is Venice’s St. Mark’s Square. Not only was it the first fashion show…
Frome, a small city in England, has taken an innovative approach to mental health with its fight against loneliness.
Everyone here remembers the story of stone soup. It starts with just a pot of water, and it ends with a flavorful, mighty caldron of soup. There is always a stranger — the one who has nothing but a stone — and some manner of village, with villagers who at first refuse the stranger but…