Pfizer Says Booster Shots of Its Vaccine Are Highly Protective Against Covid

Booster shots in adults who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were highly effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 breakthrough infections, Pfizer announced on Thursday. The company said that out of more than 5,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine recipients enrolled in its study who received a booster shot, only five later developed symptomatic disease, compared with 109 people among a…

Details

The Enduring Appeal of Laura Ashley

In this way, and on account of the sheer number of wearers, there was always something populist about the brand. At the same time, of course, the British countryside idyll was traditionally a lifestyle reserved for a certain kind of person, namely someone white and Protestant. Designers like Hay, who draws on her Jewish heritage…

Details

What Are Next Steps as C.D.C. Panel Considers Moderna and J. & J. Boosters?

An independent committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meeting on Thursday unanimously recommended extra doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines for tens of millions of Americans. The panel also endorsed the so-called mix-and-match strategy — whether people fully immunized with one company’s vaccine should be…

Details

Democrats’ Campaign to Control Drug Prices Nears Collapse

On Thursday, negotiations continued over how to finance the measure, with White House officials and congressional Democrats discussing proposals to bolster the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to collect unpaid taxes and to increase taxes on income earned overseas by multinational American companies. Ms. Sinema, who has rejected the idea of raising individual income or corporate…

Details

Embracing an Unloved Grape

He wondered what would happen if the grape were farmed differently, with the goal of achieving ripeness at a lower sugar content, and made into wine with a lighter touch. “It was never really about liking or not liking the variety,” he said. “It was about finding a path that seemed untrodden and being really…

Details

Cozy Fall Recipes

It was 90 degrees the other day in Los Angeles, but I desperately wanted it to feel like fall! Specifically, the New York fall setting of “Only Murders in the Building.” I’ve been watching it lately, and I’m thoroughly charmed by Martin Short’s character — the catastrophically confident theater director in a long blue coat…

Details