As Canada marks National Immunization Awareness Week, a new investment from Merck Canada to the University of Toronto’s Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) will support research, education, and knowledge translation around vaccine science and help communicate the importance of immunization as a cornerstone of public…
NEW DELHI — Oxygen generators from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Raw material for coronavirus vaccines from the United States. Millions in cash from companies led by Indian-American businessmen. As a second wave of the pandemic rages in India, the world is coming to the rescue. But it is unlikely to plug enough…
Alaska Airlines has suspended an Alaska state lawmaker from its flights for violating its mask policies, the company said. The lawmaker, Lora Reinbold, a Republican state senator, was captured on video arguing with employees at Juneau International Airport about the airline’s mask rules, according to footage posted on Twitter. “We need you to pull the…
Hester Ford, who was believed to have been the oldest American, living long enough to have experienced two pandemics, both world wars, Jim Crow discrimination, civil rights movements and the elections of 21 presidents, died on Saturday at her home in Charlotte, N.C. Census records show conflicting information for her year of birth, but she…
So you’ve used chile crisp for just about everything. Maybe it’s time to try a different chile-fueled oil-based condiment. Three intriguing varieties of Mexican salsa macha have been created by Masienda, a supplier of traditional Mexican ingredients. They’re crunchy, ruddy with oil and chiles, and offer some sweetness to play off the heat. Guajillo-cranberry-hazelnut is…
A weighty but clever ice cream scoop from the MoMA Design Store made of shiny cast aluminum alloy is something of a trompe l’oeil piece designed by the firm Aruliden to look like an ice cream cone. It makes for a timely addition to the kitchen arsenal and might also please a Mother’s Day recipient.…
Laurie Woolever, a writer who was the assistant to the peripatetic writer and television personality Anthony Bourdain, has assembled an offbeat yet practical travel guide that the two of them started working on not long before he died in 2018. She soldiered on to assemble the new book, “World Travel: An Irreverent Guide,” based on…
Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner, so you might as well stock up on mezcal like everybody else. (Drizly, an e-commerce liquor retailer, reports that mezcal sales were up 600 percent last year.) Danny Mena, a chef who was notably at Hecho en Dumbo and who is now at La Loncheria in Bushwick,…
“Re-Enchanting the City,” an exhibition in Chelsea, highlights the visual record of the many vibrant local farms, community gardens and rooftop plantings around the city by the artist Elizabeth Downer Riker. About 10 years ago she started painting rooftop farms in Long Island City, Queens, and parts of Brooklyn, and then took her oils and…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. The last time I heard Alber Elbaz speak, he sounded optimistic. He was addressing editors via Zoom for the launch of his line AZ Factory on Net-a-Porter. It was shortly after the inauguration, and he explained that President Biden (or, as…