VIDEO: An introduction to ClinEpiDB, a resource for researchers to access and explore a vast selection of data from global epidemiological studies. Hosted at the University of Pennsylvania, ClinEpiDB has recently… view more As the big data revolution continues to evolve, access to data that cut across many disciplines becomes increasingly valuable. In the field of…
Faced with an expanding measles outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York declared a public health emergency on Tuesday and ordered a program of mandatory vaccination in parts of Brooklyn. Such a health order is rare but not unheard-of in American history, medical experts said. It has occurred several times. The Supreme Court ruled…
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] “The Vaccine Safety Handbook” appears innocuous, a slick magazine for parents who want to raise healthy children. But tucked inside its 40 pages are false warnings that vaccines cause autism and contain cells from aborted human fetuses. “It is…
One evening in 1996, as the Yankees clinched their first World Series in 18 years, Donald J. Trump was presiding over a masquerade ball at his sprawling Westchester County estate. Mr. Trump intended to convert the home, a limestone mansion called Seven Springs, into a golf club, and he had recruited one of the county’s…
Boeing announced on Tuesday that it received far fewer orders for its 737 jets in the first quarter of 2019 than it recorded in the same period last year. There were 32 new orders for the jet in the first three months of this year, compared with 122 a year earlier, the company said. The…
It’s the shiniest Instagram attraction in Manhattan. Since opening in March, shoppers, diners and gawkers have streamed to Hudson Yards, the borough’s “biggest, newest, slickest gated community,” as Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times put it. On a recent Friday afternoon, we stopped by its five-story retail center, stuffed with luxury…
Image Tonne Goodman at home in Greenwich Village.CreditDaniel Arnold for The New York Times Tonne Goodman has a mantra for when things start to get a little messy: “This is happening for a reason.” She is known for saying it on fashion sets when a model calls in sick or a runway look is stuck…
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Headliner Smorgasburg WTC A three-day trial run in November clinched this new Smorgasburg location in the shadow of the Oculus, in Lower Manhattan. More than 20 vendors are participating; most also have stands at the Smorgasburgs at East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturdays, and in Prospect Park on Sundays. In the financial…
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved an osteoporosis drug that represents the first new treatment approach in nearly two decades — a strategy based on a rare gene mutation in people with bones so dense that they never break. About 10 million people in the United States have osteoporosis. Worldwide, about 200 million…