Covid at Home: Why Only Some People Test Positive
The key to this household mystery may lie in our vaccination status, experts say.
Children Under 5 Could Get Covid Shots in Late June, White House Says
Pressure has also been mounting on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have demanded to know why there has been such a long wait. Parents “are frustrated, they are confused, and I am, too,” Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, who chairs the Senate health committee, said at an F.D.A. oversight hearing in April. Late last month,…
Who Is the Ion Pack?
“Their struggle with making work is what’s so relatable to listeners,” said Betsey Brown, an actress and filmmaker who is a regular listener, and occasional guest, of the pod. Ms. Brown recently released a feature film, “Actors,” which she wrote, directed and stars in alongside her brother, Peter Vack, who is a close friend of…
S.S. Daley Wins the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers
Fashion’s most prestigious prize for young designers was awarded Thursday to Steven Stokey-Daley, whose vintage-inspired label, S.S. Daley, riffs on the uniforms of the British upper class. “This is like an Oscar,” Mr. Stokey-Daley said while accepting the LVMH Prize from the Oscar winner Cate Blanchett at a ceremony at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in…
Weekly Health Quiz: Anxiety, Coffee and Contrast Dyes
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Chicken Marbella Without the Chicken
The other day, I was thinking about Chicken Marbella, a dish that had a real moment in the 1980s, when it was made famous by Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso in “The Silver Palate Cookbook.” I imagined the main flavors of the dish — oregano and bay leaves, capers and red wine vinegar, prunes and…
Doctors Transplant Ear of Human Cells, Made by 3-D Printer
The patient, who is from Mexico, was born with microtia, a rare birth defect that causes the auricle, or external part of the ear, to be small and malformed (it also can affect hearing in the ear). With more research, company executives said, the technology could be used to make many other replacement body parts,…
A Road Trip Explores Pennsylvania’s Rye Whiskey
“Tis July’s immortal Fourth; all fountains must run wine today!” Melville wrote in 1851, in “Moby-Dick.” “Would now, it were old Orleans whiskey, or old Ohio, or unspeakable old Monongahela!” Now, after nearly a century in oblivion, Pennsylvania rye is finally making a return — rye whiskey is among the fastest-growing spirits categories in the…
Highlights of Milan Design Week
This article is part of our Design special report previewing 2022 Milan Design Week. By Julie Lasky Three years after its last full-scale event, Salone del Mobile.Milano, or the Milan Furniture Fair, returns in its 60th iteration. Over the decades, Salone, which is widely judged to be the world’s pre-eminent design fair, has evolved into…
Buy Now, Pay Later: How Gen Z Is Falling Into Debt
“Besties, I don’t know who needs to hear this, but: just because you’re paying for it on Afterpay, doesn’t mean you’re not paying for it,” TikToker Maddie White admonishes to her 2.5 million followers, looking directly into the camera. “Four hundred dollars is still $400, and if you couldn’t afford to pay for it all…