Nearly half of the participants of a recent study who were menstruating regularly at the time of the survey reported heavier bleeding during their periods after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. Others who did not typically menstruate — including transgender men, people on long-acting contraceptives, and post-menopausal women — also experienced unusual bleeding. The new study…
Mark Fleischman, who presided over the raucous, drug-crazed denouement of the celebrity-studded Manhattan disco Studio 54 in the early 1980s, died on Wednesday in Switzerland. He was 82. His wife, Mimi, said the cause was assisted suicide. Since 2016, Mr. Fleishman had been hobbled by an unidentified degenerative disease that eventually left him unable to…
As the monkeypox outbreak grows in the United States, demand for the vaccine is outstripping the nation’s supply, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a news briefing on Friday. “We don’t yet have all the vaccine that we would like in this moment,” she said. When the…
The emergence of highly contagious Omicron subvariants this spring in the United States appeared to reduce the protection offered by vaccines against Covid hospitalizations, scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday. But first and second booster shots helped to shore up people’s defenses, the agency found. The additional shots raised…
Flying can be a high-stress activity now. What if my flight gets canceled? What if the airline loses my luggage? On top of airline dramas, the risk of Covid-19 while traveling still looms uneasily. Recently, a flight attendant named Kristie Koerbel wrote a list of nine tips for surviving travel right now (one of her…
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Seven years ago, I was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition lupus, which includes an extraordinary sensitivity to sunlight. A baseball cap won’t suffice and looks silly with my urban professional wardrobe. Fedoras, trilbys and Panamas seem to proclaim the wearer as either an extravagant nonconformist or an anti-feminist reactionary. Is there a middle ground? —…
Americans in distress have a new number to dial for help — 988, a revamped National Suicide Prevention Lifeline that is being billed as the 911 of mental health. The number, set to go live on Saturday and backed by more than $400 million in federal funding, is intended to meet a rising tide of…
What prompts someone to donate a kidney to a stranger? The answer is not always easy to pinpoint (just read the viral New York Times Magazine article, “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” to see how convoluted organ donation can become!). In this week’s Modern Love essay, “Man with Incredible Beard Desperately Needs Kidney,” a…
If the phrase “zucchini slice” conjures an image of a round of the raw vegetable sitting next to the onion dip, it’s only because you haven’t been to Australia or New Zealand. There, a zucchini slice is a whole other thing. A beloved lunchbox staple or café snack, it’s like a cross between a frittata…