The Abbott Nutrition plant in Michigan that was shut down in February, sparking a widespread baby formula shortage crisis, had a leaking roof, water pooled on the floor and cracks in key production equipment that allowed bacteria to get in and persist, Dr. Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, told a…
Katie Beckett became one of several children — like Ryan White, who contracted H.I.V. through a blood transfusion, and Amber Tatro, who was born with spina bifida — whose health struggles in the 1980s made them human-interest celebrities, the subjects of nightly news coverage, sympathetic newspaper profiles and, ultimately, state and federal legislation. Katie and…
Courtesy Remind me, how does that saying go? “Behind every successful woman is a…” Oh, that’s right, behind every successful woman is: a great pair of pants. Workwear has never been easy to master, and it’s even less so now that we’ve collectively taken a two-year hiatus from office attire. If you’re revamping your wardrobe…
These are the most difficult mornings: the sun rising after senseless acts of violence, shining on beds that weren’t slept in, that won’t be slept in again. There are 19 dead schoolchildren in Uvalde, Texas, as of this writing, along with two dead adults and the dead 18-year-old gunman. Several other children were injured in…
The package arrived, unbidden, two days into New York City’s lockdown in March 2020. We were adapting to our new life, prowling through the apartment at all hours. I was trying to figure out how to hand-stitch masks using old jeans and shoelaces. I wasn’t sure what to do with the mail — whether we…
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — Robert Reeves, 78, spends most days lounging by the pool, taking in the low-desert sun with his friends and neighbors. The four of them talk about what’s new — recovery from a recent corrective foot surgery, some chronic inflammation issues — and record videos for social media, where they’ve amassed millions…
In advance of a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her 2000 album “The Teaches of Peaches,” the performance artist and musician Merrill Nisker, 55, who is better known as Peaches, dug into her archive. The archive is not metaphorical, but a storage unit full of photos, video footage and costumes. Among the old costumes…
A 17th-Century Stone House Outside Teruel, Spain $105,000 (99,000 EUROS) Tucked into the remote hills of Aragón, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, this converted 17th-century flour mill is now a quaint country residence. For centuries, mills were vital economic engines for Spain’s rural communities. “Today there are very few left,” said Ana Vela, a…
The relationship between footwear and seasonal change is symbiotic, especially when you’re shifting from the cooler months of the year to sunshine-filled days of spring and summer. Leather boots are no longer necessary and—at long last—baring your toes and ankles is deemed weather appropriate. This year, the season’s statement shoe trends are a splashy mix…
LONDON — With so many lives affected by cancer — in the United States alone, about 40 percent will receive a cancer diagnosis during their lives — it might be understandable if the disease were a common and compelling subject for museum shows. Despite the statistics, major exhibitions on cancer have been few and far…