This strategy was a long shot, but a success would have led to an antiviral pill more quickly than trying to make an entirely new drug. What followed was a brutal wave of failures. Antivirals that worked in Petri dishes failed when tested in animals, and those that worked in animals failed in clinical trials.…
Many of the men Dr. Amarasekera sees at the program’s two clinics — one in downtown Chicago and the other in the historically gay Northalsted neighborhood — are unprepared to face yet another health crisis. One of them is a 59-year-old lawyer in Chicago who is H.I.V.-positive, and who said he was not fully warned…
WASHINGTON — As Democrats race to finalize a sweeping social spending package, President Biden on Monday tried to sell the bill by focusing on a specific benefit: lowering the cost of insulin for those with diabetes. “I think it’s safe to say that all of us, all of us, whatever our background, our age, where…
On Shab-e Yalda, the Iranian celebration of the winter solstice, elders take turns reading from a book of poetry by the celebrated 14th-century Persian poet Hafez, and interpret the rhyming couplets as a form of fortunetelling. Their families listen and tell stories by candlelight, sing, laugh and fill the house with light and warmth while…
Female doctors make less than their male counterparts starting from their very first days on the job, according to a large new study. Over the course of a 40-year-career, researchers estimated, this pay gap adds up to at least $2 million. The survey of more than 80,000 physicians, published on Monday in the medical journal…
With the publication of her latest, “Baking with Dorie,” the baker and New York Times contributor Dorie Greenspan now has 14 cookbooks to her name. This one — a thicket of new ideas, with a few old favorites tossed in — places some emphasis on savory baking, with recipes for mushroom and herb ricotta tart,…
Restaurants have been using dish towels as table napkins for years. Here’s a tea towel that begs for that application, or even to be used as a place mat. Based on the famous Spot paintings by Damien Hirst, it’s a 21-by-17 ½-inch cotton rectangle from Gagosian Gallery’s newly redesigned online shop. Damien Hirst spot tea…
Holiday chocolates are given an interesting twist in some new assortments by Delysia Chocolatier in Austin, Texas. One is defined by the theme of the “Nutcracker,” with decorative images from the ballet and chocolate truffle flavors like rosemary-orange, Lebkuchen and plum pudding. “Winter Wonderland,” with snowy scenes on each piece, includes truffles seasoned with hot…
Julie Green, the artist who commemorated death row inmates’ last meal requests on 1,000 blue and white plates, died in October. While working on that “Last Supper” series, for the past three years, she was creating a companion piece, “First Meals,” requests by exonerated prisoners for what they wanted to eat when freed. She collaborated…
Is anyone on your gift list a tea lover? For the first time Sotheby’s will auction off rare Chinese teas and tea implements. The online auction will be held in Hong Kong from Wednesday through Dec. 16. The teas, more than 20 lots of them, are all puerh, a type of black or green tea…