An American Airlines flight took off from La Guardia Airport in New York last Wednesday morning, carrying 100 pouches of blood plasma donated by Covid-19 survivors for delivery to Rio de Janeiro. American scientists are hoping Covid-19 patients in Brazil will help them answer a century-old question: Can this golden serum, loaded with antibodies against…
When Beau Phillips checked into a hotel near Toledo recently, a table in front of the counter barricaded him from getting too close to the clerk, who wore a mask and stood behind a plastic window. “The key is gently tossed at you from three feet away,” said Mr. Phillips, a public affairs executive who…
Novavax, the little-known Maryland company that received a $1.6 billion deal from the federal government for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced encouraging results in two preliminary studies on Tuesday. In one study, 56 volunteers produced a high level of antibodies against the virus without any dangerous side effects. In the other, researchers found that the…
“What is the hottest ‘room’ temperature at which a human body can, by sweating, keep itself cool enough to avoid health damage?” — Matt B., Etterzhausen, Germany It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. Your body avoids overheating by taking advantage of a bit of physics: When water evaporates from a surface, it leaves the…
ImageThe F.D.A.’s list of hand sanitizers to be avoided has grown to include over 100 products.Credit…Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its list of hand sanitizers that consumers should avoid to include products with inadequate levels of alcohol in addition to those containing methanol. The agency issued…
Here’s what you need to know: N.Y.C.’s health commissioner resigns after clashing with the mayor over the virus. ImageDr. Oxiris Barbot, New York City’s health commissioner, during a coronavirus meeting in New York in March. She resigned on Tuesday.Credit…Dave Sanders for The New York Times New York City’s health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, resigned on…
Headliner The Greens Rooftop drinking and dining has become an attractive option amid the pandemic: The venues are mostly outdoors and provide enough space for social distancing. The Pier 17 complex, part of the Howard Hughes Corporation’s development at the South Street Seaport, is a fine example of that. Surrounded by promenades with views across…
Scientists are beginning to untangle one of the most complex biological mysteries of the coronavirus pandemic: Why do some people get severely sick, whereas others quickly recover? In certain patients, according to a flurry of recent studies, the virus appears to make the immune system go haywire. Unable to marshal the right cells and molecules…
In January, the Outdoor Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Outdoor Industry Association, shared some gloomy statistics. According to its annual survey, fewer than 20 percent of Americans were recreating outside at least once a week, working out to an estimated billion fewer outdoor activities a year compared to a decade earlier. Just under half…
Picture a great restaurant, the chef up at dawn, dusting hand-milled flour on a butcher’s block. The chef under a spotlight, tweezing chive blossoms in the chaos of the pass, or fanning the wood fire under a row of shimmering, trussed birds. The chef is in sharp focus, but everything else — everyone else —…