But the decision provoked criticism and alarm from other corners of the public health field. Meegan Zikus, a bioethicist at Grand Valley State University in Michigan who is immunocompromised, said lifting the mandate “completely disregards the safety and well-being of people who are at high risk.” “Lifting Covid testing for international travel entirely negates that…
Justin Bieber announced that he had the rare facial condition. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Kate Fowle, who became director of MoMA PS1 in 2019 and barely had the chance to lead the museum as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, abruptly announced on Friday that she was stepping down as of July 15 from the museum in Long Island City, Queens. “This has been an extraordinary opportunity to lead…
A veterinarian in Thailand likely contracted the coronavirus from an infected pet cat last year, researchers concluded in a new study. It is the first documented case of suspected cat-to-human transmission, although experts stress that the risk of cats infecting humans with the virus remains low overall. One of the cat’s two owners, who both…
In this week’s Modern Love essay, “Singleness Is Not a Stigma,” Ife Olatona calls into question “the widespread assumption that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic relationship.” Find out why Mr. Olatona, a finalist in our latest Modern Love college essay contest, thinks it is time to take romantic love down a notch.…
Learning about love from his fellow detainees gave a young Yemeni man hope.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday pushed back against the idea that the monkeypox virus can spread through the air, saying the virus is usually transmitted through direct physical contact with sores or contaminated materials from a patient. The virus may also be transmitted by respiratory droplets expelled by an…
The dress was long. It was white. It was Versace. And it wasn’t just a wedding dress. Well, it was, literally, a wedding dress — the dress Britney Spears wore to marry Sam Asghari on June 9 in Los Angeles. But it was also a symbol of Ms. Spears’s new era of independence, and a…
Château de Manissy Tavel Cuvée des Lys 2020, 14 percent, $20 The dark, powerful rosés of Tavel in the Southern Rhône Valley are not everybody’s mouthful. They are more appropriate with a meal than as an aperitif by the water. But this bottle is an excellent example of a style of dark, potent rosé that…
As the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics face off in the N.B.A. finals, each team’s players have been bringing their top game to the court — and their best looks to the tunnel. Basketball stars have turned their game-day arrivals into runway shows. The “tunnel walk,” in which players make their way from…