WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has informed the drugmaker Moderna that it can put up to 40 percent more coronavirus vaccine into each of its vials, a simple and potentially rapid way to bolster strained supplies, according to people familiar with the company’s operations. While federal officials want Moderna to submit more data…
Stewart Prestley Blake was born in Jersey City, N.J., on Nov. 26, 1914, to Herbert Prestley Blake and Ethel (Stewart) Blake. He grew up in Springfield, where his father worked for the clock manufacturer Standard Electric Time Company; his mother was an automobile aficionado who encouraged her sons’ fascination with cars. He bought a Model…
Since the pandemic hit and lockdowns began, some couples have found that issues they previously swept under the rug have nowhere to hide. After 25 years of marriage (and 25 days sheltering in place), Michelle White’s husband moved out of their home and into an Airbnb two miles away. The pandemic brought to light small…
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. In the early 1970s, the field of neuroradiology was still in its formative years, and among its early practitioners was Dr. John Bentson, at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. As he helped patients with…
Courtesy of the subject; Eilish: Sam Balaban; Bad Bunny: @Stillz; Scott: Rays Corrupted MindGetty Images Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Kid Cudi was Imran Potato’s idol growing up. The rapper showed him “how to dress, how to talk and act, how and what to smoke,” the…
As several restaurants in Flushing, Queens, one of the largest Chinatowns in New York City, shut down amid the pandemic, Yukun Shaobing quietly opened inside a nondescript mini-mall last September — a seemingly inauspicious start. Still, the cramped food stall of about 100 square feet, with no English-language name or advertising, has become a hit…
Falansai’s seafood curry soup is one of the wonders of the pandemic-restaurant era. The broth begins with peanut milk and a head-filling red curry instead of the usual coconut milk and green curry. It is intensified by lobster stock and mussel broth. The bowl is filled with good, fresh East Coast mussels and squid —…
Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes, though really my thoughts are with dessert today, chocolate desserts in particular. Sunday is Valentine’s Day, and while I have zero plans to cook an elaborate dinner, and might even order takeout, I will grab this moment to make something obscenely chocolaty. The current contenders: chocolate lava cake,…
Name: Manuela Soto Sosa Age: 30 Hometown: Lausanne, Switzerland Now lives: A one-bedroom loft in a high-rise in Downtown Los Angeles. Claim to fame: Ms. Sosa is a tattoo artist known for her portraits of voluptuous, G-string-clad young women, called Soto Girls, that evoke Japanese anime and gang tattoo culture. Her tattoo work, which graced…
A few times a week, Elizabeth Reninger ambles to a pizza restaurant near her job for lunch. She orders the same thing every time: a cheese slice and fries for $6. For a little adventure, she sprinkles on some Parmesan and red pepper flakes. Before the coronavirus pandemic swept across the country, Ms. Reninger, a…