More than 100,000 varieties of face masks are currently for sale. They come in silk, cotton and synthetics; with filters and without; over-the-head and over-the-ears. They have sparkles and sunflowers; friendly greetings and insults; cartoon characters and teeny reindeer. What they don’t have is a label that shows how well they block infectious particles, an…
The hell year that is 2020 has wreaked havoc on life as we know it. But you know what it’s been good for? Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has been soaring, hitting a high of over $20,000 per coin this week. There is now more than $350 billion worth of Bitcoin in the world, an incredible appreciation…
Edward BerthelotGetty Images If someone told us this time last year that face masks would be the most in-demand fashion accessory of 2020, we wouldn’t have believed it. But, as we know all too well, masks are necessary for keeping you, your loved ones, and your community healthy. That said, there’s no reason your practical…
Paula grew up in foster care, and year after year she would find herself “clobbered by desire” when the holidays rolled around. She longed for a mother and father to rescue her and “make everything better”; she wished for the hip-huggers and games she saw on TV. When she was 21, she met a man…
As word of her fund-raiser spread, support grew locally and beyond. Both sets of Hayley’s grandparents matched the first $1,500 she raised. She got a big boost from Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, who bought bracelets in the colors of the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Bears and the Chicago flag. Ms. Lightfoot also shared…
After doctors found cancer in Dr. Mark Samberg’s prostate last spring, the 70-year-old retired urologist prepared to have his prostate removed. He knew that the surgery would cure him, assuming the cancer was confined to the organ. But his doctors had a nagging concern — the cancer cells seen on the biopsy were aggressive and…
WASHINGTON — A health worker in Alaska had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday and was hospitalized, according to three people familiar with official reports of the person’s health. The person is in stable condition. Government officials were scrambling on Wednesday to learn more about the case. It was not…
The spring 2021 fashion season, which began with the promise of normalcy in the form of Jason Wu’s show on a roof in front of a live audience back in September, finally came to an end in mid-December. It closed with the triple-header of a Bottega Veneta show bathed in eerie green light, an Alexander…
The United States moved one step closer to getting back to normal this week with the first Covid vaccinations of health care workers around the country. While the majority of Americans won’t get their shots until spring, the vaccine rollout is a hopeful sign of better days ahead. We asked Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, as…
At the end of each year, Spotify releases personalized lists of the songs and artists that users listened to most over the last 12 months. There’s no algorithm to count exactly how many times the Food staff made the recipes below in 2020, but consider it the NYT Cooking version of the streaming giant’s end-of-year…