A homeopathic doctor in California is the first person to face federal charges for selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, the authorities said. The doctor, Juli A. Mazi of Napa, Calif., also sold Covid-19 “immunization pellets” to patients, federal prosecutors said. She was arrested on Wednesday and charged with one count of wire fraud and one…
Nearly two years ago, “Modern Love” premiered worldwide as an eight-episode streaming series on Prime Video. Inspired by essays from the Modern Love column, the episodes explored love in New York City in many forms, including dating with bipolar disorder and a gay couple adopting a baby girl. The show’s second season, which will begin…
Estos hombres y mujeres habían completado la típica serie de mediciones de salud y estado físico durante sus visitas a la clínica y también llenaron un cuestionario de ejercicio que indagaba, entre otras cosas, en el entrenamiento con pesas. Se les preguntaba si hacían “ejercicios de fortalecimiento muscular” y, en caso afirmativo, con qué frecuencia…
“H.I.V. knocks out all the brakes on the immune system, and as a consequence you get this inflammatory response that’s robust and sustained — and now you got Covid on top of that,” said Dr. Steven Deeks, an H.I.V. expert at the University of California, San Francisco. “I would be surprised if H.I.V. was not…
I was at Lake Huron recently, and I saw two parents bullying their young son who was about 7 years old. He was refusing to jump off a giant boulder into the rocky water 15 feet below. His parents were heckling him about it, saying things like, “Thanks for not trusting me, son!” The boy…
Traveling to the interior of a small country that doesn’t see huge numbers of tourists you can usually count on certain things: peace and quiet, pastoral landscapes and maybe a few inquisitive looks. Occasionally, though, you come across a small town that’s especially full of life — without the crowds and traffic of a metropolis.…
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Brandon writes: My fiancée, Ashley, is against wedding traditions like the garter toss and particularly the “cake smash,” where bride and groom smear frosting on each other’s face. But I’m a big fan of these traditions! Please order a cake-smash compromise. The easiest and most just path is to split the difference: Ashley shoves a…
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In September 2019, Lydia Okello, a content creator who works primarily with slow fashion brands, received an email from a small underwear company offering to send a package of its products, with no pressure to post about them. Mx. Okello agreed, and within two weeks, a recyclable package containing a soft lilac bralette and a…