El aumento de la subvariante BA.5 es un recordatorio de que debemos tomar precauciones para evitar enfermarnos, desacelerar el ciclo implacable de nuevas variantes y minimizar la interrupción de nuestra vida diaria.
Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the country’s biggest manufacturers of generic opioids, announced a settlement in principle with some 2,500 local governments, states and tribes over the company’s role in the deadly, ongoing opioid epidemic. The deal — worth up to $4.25 billion — came after a series of blistering trials and previous settlements in individual…
A complex combination of factors could be responsible for the pediatric hepatitis cases that have been puzzling doctors in recent months, according to two small, new studies. The studies are based on just a few dozen cases and have not yet been peer-reviewed or published in scientific journals. Still, they suggest that the children who…
Hello from the final week of July! Summer is fully in swing — are you eating your daily ice cream? — and the requests keep coming. This week, I’m helping a reader who will be in town for the U.S. Open and needs recommendations for where to dine in Manhattan and on the way back…
Headliner Le Rock Every few decades, the reset button is pressed on the restaurants in Rockefeller Center. A big year was 1984, with the openings of the Sea Grill and American Festival Cafe by Restaurant Associates. This year promises to be notable as well, with Tishman Speyer, the company that owns and operates Rockefeller Center,…
Tyler Joe Gather your friends, family, and whoever else you hold dear (read: credit cards), Nordstrom’s 2022 Anniversary Sale is here. The annual shopping event officially made its triumphant return, opening up to everyone who’s keen to shop. Perhaps you’ve already gotten a head start as a lucky Nordstrom card holder, shopping earlier this month.…
A funny story that B.J. Novak likes to tell from the making of his new movie is about the day he thought he was having a stroke. Are you chuckling yet? At the start of 2020, Novak, a writer, comedian and alumnus of “The Office,” had finally gotten the green light to make “Vengeance,” a…
When Lies Turn Into Prophecies A very drunk man won’t stop telling me about trains. The Cape Town summer is hot, the night sticky, my drink warm. This gay bar will surely sink, given the number of heaving bodies shoved inside it. I nod at the train-talker, plotting an escape, and you appear. Your accent…
Courtesy of retailers So, you’ve found yourself with an overflowing social calendar. It comes as no surprise, given that 2022 is more or less the year of weddings and other special occasions. With so many events and gatherings to look forward to, you’re probably wondering what to wear for each one. Perhaps you already have…
Lea DeLaria, the actress-comedian, surveyed the crowd that had gathered on a recent Sunday evening at the Damrosch Park band shell at Lincoln Center. “A drag queen, three different religious leaders, Broadway stars, the mayor and one loudmouth butch dyke,” she said from the park’s stage to hundreds of people. “Kids, that’s very New York.”…