The first coronavirus vaccine to be tested in people appears to be safe and able to stimulate an immune response against the virus, its manufacturer, Moderna announced on Monday. The findings are based on results from the first eight people who each received two doses of the vaccine, starting in March. Those people, healthy volunteers,…
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Video Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York provides the state’s latest coronavirus stats after a phased reopening of some regions began over the weekend.CreditCredit…Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Here’s what you need to know: Stocks climbed after encouraging data about the first coronavirus vaccine tested in people. The drug maker Moderna said Monday…
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When Jessica Jaramillo calls someone to talk about the coronavirus, she usually starts with something like this: “Hi, my name is Jessica. I’m calling on behalf of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. I’m part of a contact-tracing team, and our job is to reach people who have come into close contact with someone…
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Through its Design For All collaboration series, Target gifted customers two decades worth of designer collaborations featuring the likes of Missoni, Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, and and ranging from kids’ clothes to home goods. Now Target is introducing a new designer collaboration series built entirely around the most important wardrobe staple—the dress. The Designer Dress Collection,…
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At the end of March, Alice Quinn, the former executive director of the Poetry Society of America, emailed 125 poets across the United States, asking if any of them had written verses reflecting on life during a pandemic. Responses flooded in. Forty days later, Ms. Quinn had compiled a book with 85 poems about isolation,…
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Yewande’s the greatest, and that tofu situation is firmly in my running list of top 5 recipes of the year. R.S.V.P., if you would, and come join us on Thursday. (Definitely make the recipe this week so you can thank her in person.) Here’s another great recipe, which Mark Bittman pulled out of the chef…
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They have delighted in the small things, like getting bubble tea and takeout noodles. They have rediscovered places like the neighborhood playground. They have searched for new vocabularies to describe their losses. For more than two months, the people of Wuhan, China, lived under lockdown as their city buckled beneath the weight of the coronavirus…
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ImageCredit…Illustration by David Furst/The New York Times No longer do I have to make creative excuses for the things I don’t want to do. Science and nature have done that for me. May 18, 2020 We isolated as a family a full 10 days before others; one of my sons has asthma, and it was…
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Maintaining motivation is becoming an increasing challenge for many people slogging through life curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Initially facing weeks confined to our homes, we tackled, with some satisfaction, long-neglected chores like weaning closets of clothes that no longer fit our bodies or lifestyles, reorganizing drawers and emptying pantries and refrigerators of forgotten foodstuffs.…
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Here’s what you need to know: Illinois makes it a misdemeanor for business owners who flout pandemic restrictions. ImageIn the face of increasing disregard of stay-at home-orders, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has increased the penalty for businesses that violate efforts to slow the rate of Covid-19 infections.Credit…Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press The owners of restaurants, bars and other…
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