Here’s what you need to know: ImagePresident Trump speaking during his coronavirus news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on Monday.Credit…Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times In a call with governors, Trump suggests some states should reopen schools before the end of the academic year. President Trump suggested to the nation’s governors on…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageScientists at Oxford University are hopeful that their new vaccine will be the first to emerge as a success.Credit…Mary Turner for The New York Times With a head start, Oxford scientists say their vaccine could be available by September. If it works. Scientists around the world are competing to…
Courtesy of Kelsey Randall Some of our favorite up-and-coming designers have pivoted to face masks, offering a version for every taste, often with philanthropic benefits. If you’d rather make your own, take a page from NYC designer Kelsey Randall, whose glittery Western looks have been worn by Beyoncé, Kacey Musgraves, and Lil Nas X. Randall…
Doctors around the world, trying to save seriously ill coronavirus patients, have been dosing them with rheumatoid arthritis drugs that can squelch immune responses. The theory was that many were dying because their immune systems went into overdrive, creating a fatal storm that attacked their lungs. But now, preliminary results on treatments with one of…
Echoing the observations of doctors treating thousands of patients in the pandemic, the federal health agency changed its website to cite the following symptoms as possible indicators of Covid-19, the infection caused by the coronavirus: chills repeated shaking with chills muscle pain headache sore throat and, new loss of taste or smell. Previously it had…
On March 18, as states sent nonessential workers home and companies prepared to cut costs, the fitness influencer Paige Hathaway posted a message to her more than 4 million followers on Instagram. “I know it’s tough with the quarantine especially for those who are unable to work so I wanted to do a giveaway for…
Women tend to be better drivers than men — much better, judging by the number of deaths they cause on the road. British researchers used a government database of 14,425 road fatalities from 2005 to 2015 that involved more than one vehicle. Without assigning blame for the accidents, they calculated the number of other people’s…
The Korea Society, a New York-based nonprofit organization that promotes cultural exchange with South Korea, is celebrating the chef Hooni Kim, who owns Danji and Hanjan in Manhattan. The food writer Andrew Friedman will interview Mr. Kim about his new book, “My Korea: Traditional Flavors, Modern Recipes,” on a free webcast Thursday at 6:30 p.m.,…
The chef Marco Canora, who owns Hearth in the East Village and who has also opened a string of Brodo storefronts selling broth (brodo in Italian), has created new soup kits for pickup and limited delivery from the Brodo shops. They consist of big Instagram-friendly jars layered with ingredients like cooked grains, pulses, vegetables, greens…
The theme that the Manhattan chocolatier Joan Coukos, of Chocolat Moderne, has selected for this collection of bonbons is English desserts. Each of the candies, decorated with a flower, has a creamy filling to evoke teatime at Claridge’s: sticky toffee; trifle, with raspberry and marzipan; and banoffee pie, with salted caramel and banana ganache. Chocolat…