More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic began, the World Health Organization released a report on Tuesday laying out theories on how the virus first spread to humans — but it is already raising more questions than answers, including from the health body’s own leader. The report, drafted by a 34-member team of Chinese…
On Gabriela Hearst: Wrap poncho, $6,990, dress, $6,390, Gabriela Hearst. Chris Colls Growing up on a ranch in Uruguay, Gabriela Hearst learned a valuable lesson from riding horses. When the animal suddenly bolts, you can either panic or go with the flow, she explains: “My upbringing [exposed me to] dangerous situations where I had to…
To say that Gucci is beloved by fans and celebrities alike is a drastic understatement. For its rabid cult followers, ourselves included, we have something big to celebrate: Gucci is turning 100 this year. In addition to a slew of centennial content the brand is rolling out through 2021, its Beloved line of handbags is…
BRUSSELS — Citing what they call “the biggest challenge to the global community since the 1940s,” the leaders of more than two dozen countries, the European Union and the World Health Organization on Tuesday floated an international treaty to protect the world from pandemics. In a joint article published in numerous newspapers across the globe,…
If you worked in an office in Midtown back when people used to work in offices in Midtown, there is a good chance that at some point you and your colleagues marked a birthday or a holiday or a new job at an oak-clad, beer-oriented pub on East 36th Street called the Ginger Man. Across…
While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around the World at Home invites you to channel the spirit of a new place each week with recommendations on how to explore the culture, all from the comfort of your home. Over the course of the decade…
An overstuffed closet is a daily frustration: sweaters falling off shelves, shoes that seem to disappear into a black hole, closets rods cluttered with so many hangers that squeezing even one more in requires herculean strength. So we force the door shut and try to ignore the problem, even as we accumulate more stuff. But…
“Unvaccinated children would still need to quarantine for five days, and the parents, of course, must stay with the child,” said Eric Newman, who owns the travel blog Iceland With Kids. “Iceland’s brand-new travel regulations are not friendly to families hoping to visit with children.” After a year of virtual schooling and working from home,…
Even before Slack, the office chat app that was released in 2013, announced plans to expand beyond workplace messaging, people were using it to organize and gather in ways that had little if anything to do with their employers. Artists, activists, entrepreneurs, advice seekers, members of residential communities, mutual aid groups, superfans and hobbyists have…
The really important thing isn’t whether someone once had the virus but whether everyone in the clinic is taking the appropriate precautions with respect to hygiene and P.P.E. As it happens, people who have recovered from Covid-19 are thought to have immunity to it for some time, and people who have immunity to the virus…